Oh boy this has been the most fun and frustrating time I've ever worked at a job. So some context. I work in a steel forge, we heat up steel bars then beat them into a mold with a 10t hammer. As you can imagine, it gets super hot and exhausting to pick up 10-30lbs ever couple of seconds for 20 minutes at a time.
So 2 months ago they said they were reducing our breaks from 4 to 2, not including lunch. Day shift raised a stink, night shift raised a stink and my shift weekend shift raised a stink. Well we thought we were actually able to push back. Kept hearing supervisors say they are pushing back the new break schedule a couple weeks.
Today was the day it hit (our shift). And let me tell you I HATE IT, but I fucking love the fallout. Out of a crew of 12 people, 3 have already put in their 2 weeks, and 1 quit on the spot. The other 8/9 of us are mostly on the fence about quitting. It's amazing, they took our breaks, took our water bottles, took our raises and now we are doing what we can to shut this place down.
Fuck HR, fuck middle management, fuck corporate. Fuck em all, I'm going to be staying for a while to see what the fuck happens here and laugh the whole time.