New Record at Work

[SalvorHardin]

I once had a job where for about 2 and a half months I had to work between 18-20 hours each day, 7 days a week.

It almost drove me insane and earned me lots of money.

 

[Plecostomus]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

 

[RoJoHen]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

This is a reason I'm glad I'm hourly and can keep track of my hours with my time card.

 

[Plecostomus]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

This is a reason I'm glad I'm hourly and can keep track of my hours with my time card.

Yeah. I like the system here, it's pen-and-paper as opposed to a computerized swipe. I put my hours down, have my boss sign it, then I give it to the the HR lady and she does payroll. Very transparent, and I don't have to worry about the box on the wall rounding my hours worked or any other potential black magics.

 

[RoJoHen]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

This is a reason I'm glad I'm hourly and can keep track of my hours with my time card.

Yeah. I like the system here, it's pen-and-paper as opposed to a computerized swipe. I put my hours down, have my boss sign it, then I give it to the the HR lady and she does payroll. Very transparent, and I don't have to worry about the box on the wall rounding my hours worked or any other potential black magics.

Well, ours is computerized, but rounds your hours to the nearest 5 minutes (so at worst you might lose 4 minutes of pay...whoopty doo). I get a print out every time I clock out, so I can keep track of them.

 

[trekkerguy]

Back in '05 I worked at McDonalds, I averaged at least one 11 hour shift
a week and one Saturday I worked a 15 hour shift when we were down to
three people working most the night shift with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir, and a WWE tournament both letting out and rush through our drive
thru since the one downtown closed early.

Half that 15 hour shift I essentialy ran the swamped front half of the store
while my shift manager and one grill person tried to get food out to me.

24 hours of work, no. That sucks big time. But this was pretty hella tough too.

 

[Plecostomus]

Back in '05 I worked at McDonalds, I averaged at least one 11 hour shift
a week and one Saturday I worked a 15 hour shift when we were down to
three people working most the night shift with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir, and a WWE tournament both letting out and rush through our drive
thru since the one downtown closed early.

Half that 15 hour shift I essentialy ran the swamped front half of the store
while my shift manager and one grill person tried to get food out to me.

24 hours of work, no. That sucks big time. But this was pretty hella tough too.

Work crushes like that can be epic-suck for sure. The longest stretch I worked was repairing the machine at the last company I worked at... did it over the weekend so they could resume production on Monday.

 

[Alpha Romeo]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

Dude you seriously need to give it up. Is this how you behaved on the job?

 

[Plecostomus]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

Dude you seriously need to give it up. Is this how you behaved on the job?

No one asked you to come in here and pass judgment on me and comment on everything I post.

And since you want to get personal so will I. I'm getting a clear picture of you as a lawyer and a person: You are a bully. Driven by how much you can score at any given time. Frankly you don't give two shits out of a rats ass worth of care for the "law" you are only interested in twisting it to get the biggest possible settlement so you get paid.

OF COURSE you would side with the company in a dispute and not the worker, they are the ones who pay best!

 

[Ashu]

The longest Ive worked was 14 hours at the Metallica concert

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

Dude you seriously need to give it up. Is this how you behaved on the job?

No one asked you to come in here and pass judgment on me and comment on everything I post.

And since you want to get personal so will I. I'm getting a clear picture of you as a lawyer and a person: You are a bully. Driven by how much you can score at any given time. Frankly you don't give two shits out of a rats ass worth of care for the "law" you are only interested in twisting it to get the biggest possible settlement so you get paid.

OF COURSE you would side with the company in a dispute and not the worker, they are the ones who pay best!

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*blows whistle*

Stay on the topic at hand and leave the personal comments out.

 

[Hoser]

I believe that by law (at least in Illinois) you are required to have a minimum of 8 hours off between shifts. You are also required to have a full 24 hours off every 6 days, though you can elect to work 7 days in a row if you choose.

It's that 'You can elect to work' thing that most employers that do this kind of thing go by. Sure, by law you can say you need sleep, but if you 'volunteer' then it's not their fault.

Of course, if you don't 'volunteer' then you're not looked on favorably, passed up for promotions, laid off first, etc. etc.

 

[Starbreaker]

I once worked from 11 pm - 8 am, then went back and worked from 4 pm - 8 am. That was a nice paycheck.

 

[JoeZhang]

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people? It's like you all want to be the one who bends over the most for Corporate America (Plecostomus's rationale I can understand - and those who fear the sack).

Do you think your company would give a fuck if you dropped dead at the end of that 24 hour shift?

 

[Outpost4]

My stereo store had a sale every year between Christmas and New Years called the All Night Sale. We were open between 34 and 38 hours straight, depending on the year. We'd do a month's worth of business in that period. As the owner, I'd always work the all night shift, but also as the owner, I'd have to be there during the day. So right after Christmas, after working as hard as I possibly could to take care of Christmas customer needs, I'd pull a 24+ hour shift. We'd open at 7AM and I'd be there doing live radio remotes during morning drive. I'd then work around the clock until around 9 AM the next day. I'd go home, grab a quick nap, and be back by mid afternoon to finish up the sale. We'd then go out as a staff for dinner and some stiff drinks, recapping the sale and laughing at the insanity of it all.

That part of retail I don't miss at all, although there were some great stories, like the tiger getting punched out as it was running loose through the store.

 

[jamestyler]

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people? It's like you all want to be the one who bends over the most for Corporate America (Plecostomus's rationale I can understand - and those who fear the sack).

Do you think your company would give a fuck if you dropped dead at the end of that 24 hour shift?

Foolishly, I gave a crap about the company I worked for when I first did silly shifts. Foolish because they sacked me (though I did get some compensation for that from the owner - Never upset someone who knows your secrets )

Though last year working 60 hour weeks and two hours travel.. that was just down to needing the money... and because no one else was qualified to do my job. Now when I work strange hours I do it on my own time.. mostly because I enjoy it - even though I moan.

 

[Kommander]

Do you think your company would give a fuck if you dropped dead at the end of that 24 hour shift?

Of course they would. Do you know how much paperwork has to be filled out when someone dies on the job?

 

[trekkerguy]

I worked a couple of 20 hour days at my last job to get a machine repaired, and I've done long stretches of 16-18 hour days at various other places.

Most labor-laws require time off, but where they get you is they fire you for not working if you refuse to take the extended hours.

Remember, what they tell you to your face and what goes in the record are two totally different things. Workers and management are two different phases of reality.

Dude you seriously need to give it up. Is this how you behaved on the job?

Behaved... how?

He's pretty much 100% right. Sometimes it takes having worked at the
bottom of the barrel to know what reality is like.

Oh you know what else was always fun was being one of only two guys
cleaning about 15 cinemas at the tail end of a 10 hours shift, all of which
were showing big summer movies. Understaffing+long hours= totaly pwned.

 

[Hoser]

Oh you know what else was always fun was being one of only two guys
cleaning about 15 cinemas at the tail end of a 10 hours shift, all of which
were showing big summer movies. Understaffing+long hours= totaly pwned.

Oh I did that. The day the Pokemon movie came out.....had to be a couple thousand kids in there. Guess who got those theatres and those bathrooms?

My favourite line while replacing the paper in the bathroom: "Look Daddy! I'm Squirtle!"

I think the only harder day there was when those 'Scary Movie' movies came out. Those teens left such a mess....

 

[RoJoHen]

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people? It's like you all want to be the one who bends over the most for Corporate America (Plecostomus's rationale I can understand - and those who fear the sack).

Do you think your company would give a fuck if you dropped dead at the end of that 24 hour shift?

Why so dramatic, panda bear?