My restaurants one of the only ones open in the area on Thanksgiving, and we always get slammed. This will be my third year working a thanksgiving, and also the third position I’ll be working in on thanksgiving. Started as a busser, moved to a dishwasher, then moved to grill line.
Anyways, we’re so far behind on our prep work for the holiday week, and my schedule keeps getting changed because of it. I was originally scheduled 35 hours this week, but between people quitting and us being behind, I’m now up to about 45. And that’s the week before thanksgiving. My managers already told me I’m gonna have 50 + hours spread across all 4 positions that I work (I’m also a waiter) and that I’m doing a 12 hour on the day of.
They have assured me that they wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t “strictly necessary,” which is a load of shit. The only reasons I haven’t quit yet is 1) I am homeless and can’t afford to lose this job and 2) I just know someone else will get stuck with that exact workload if I do.