I recently got a part-time job in the service industry. (Grocery store) So I can make some money while I get my life put back together and apply to go to college. But this recent month has been horrible. Every single day so far, I have been scheduled to work 7.5 hours until closing (11 p.m.) this week. They have me doing 36.5 hours, and next week, they are expecting me to go in to work 38.5 hours. I could be wrong, but it feels like they are trying to work me as much as they can without having to give the benefits of a full-time employee. It is quite frankly infuriating to think about. But I guess that's just the hand I've been dealt. I've hardly been working there a month, but I'm already feeling like I've been there for a year. These are shifts that in no way I wanted to work. I even said during my interview that I didn't want to be working late nights unless I absolutely had to.
I understand, holidays and all, but quite frankly, my employer's holiday staffing issues aren't my problem, nor do i care to make them my problem. At the end of the day, it's a paycheck, I guess… I understand that there's others who are in the same predicament, and I also get that people have to work to survive, but this is still something I'm not going to be able to let go without at least venting in some way. Thanks for reading. I gotta go to work now.