Yes I’m well aware that this breaks child labor laws however I was too afraid to report it because finding a new job isn’t easy where I live.
I’m 17f and suffer from severe anxiety and panic disorder and shortly before school was over we had a week of exams and I was not supposed to work on exam days in order to not over stress myself. I checked the schedule and saw that I was scheduled for 2 8 hour shifts and 3 4 hour shifts. I reminded my boss that I couldn’t work this much especially with having exams those days. They refused to change the schedule and I had a panic attack on the first 8 hour shift at 2:30 and luckily the head of the store was actually kind enough to make my boss change both 8 hours to 4 hours and it was a bit easier but still hell.
After the panic attack I worked 9 more days in a row without a day off and the last one of those was an 8 hour shift and I was mentally and physically exhausted. Those 10 days really affected my anxiety around work and now panic attacks are something I experience almost daily. I have another 8 today and I’m fucking dreading it, hopefully it’s not too bad.