I recently started a maintenance mechanic job at a large food condiment manufacturer. Union shop, annual tool allowance, good benefits, and the pay is not awesome for the field but not way out of market either. For the first 8 weeks I'm in training and my schedule is typical 8 hour shifts, M-F. I got told I'd likely go to 12s after training, but that isn't that odd.
What didn't get mentioned was that it would be 12s M-F AND 8s on the weekends. 7 day schedule. If you work 6 straight you qualify for a “day of rest” but you need to submit a form requesting the day and offer multiple choices for the day you want because you might not get your initially requested day. One of the more senior guys said he's been scheduled 7 days a week for 3 years straight now. Another told me he hasn't had a day off since Memorial Day. With my 45+min commute, that'll likely exceed an hour each way come winter, I'm gonna be dedicating 16hr of every day to this job…
I got no problem working, but I need a life outside of what gives me a paycheck. So looks like I'm back on the job hunt while I still have weekends to do it.