KRDsonic
Smash Master
Part timer's hours are being cut to below 28 at my job now. It's kinda bittersweet for me. On one hand, it's gonna suck because my paychecks won't be nearly as good as they were when I was pulling an average of 40 hours a week, but it'll also mean I will get more actual days off, so I can get some sleep and have a personal life again, not to mention I'll actually have a somewhat stable schedule compared to before.
Though I dunno if most people would consider going in from 2:00am - 10:00am Tuesdays and Wednesdays for one department, and closing from night until 1:00am two other random days of the week to be a stable schedule, but still. I'm just glad I actually get a say in what hours I work, mainly cause I work the shifts no one else wants to work.
At least the good thing is, as I said, my schedules will be less hectic. I didn't realize how physically and mentally draining work was on me until I got home Wednesday, went to bed at 3:00pm, and didn't wake up until 8:00am the next morning. 17 hours of sleep, cause I was just that exhausted. I'm just glad I had yesterday and today off to get rested, cause I don't know how much longer I could have gone before I crashed. It was nice getting that 40+ hours a week despite being part-time, but at the same time, my schedules were absolutely horrible. As an example, my work weeks usually would look like...
Sunday: 5:30pm - 1:00am
Monday: Off
Tuesday: 12:00am - 6:00am
Wednesday: 12:00am - 8:00am(almost always have to stay overtime on Wednesdays though)
Thursday: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday: 8:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday: 5:30pm - 1:00am
It was common for me to be at work literally every possible hour of the day throughout the work week. And sleep schedules no longer existed. I just slept when I could, if I could. Also notice that despite the fact that Monday was "Off", I would work Sunday night into Monday 1:00am, then go in at midnight, so my day off would be just 23 hours, which would be solely used for trying to get adjusted sleep-wise for my Tuesday shift.
You know, thinking about it. This reduced hours thing may not be quite as bad as I thought. Worst-case scenario, I'll just get a 2nd job to go along with this one.
Though I dunno if most people would consider going in from 2:00am - 10:00am Tuesdays and Wednesdays for one department, and closing from night until 1:00am two other random days of the week to be a stable schedule, but still. I'm just glad I actually get a say in what hours I work, mainly cause I work the shifts no one else wants to work.
At least the good thing is, as I said, my schedules will be less hectic. I didn't realize how physically and mentally draining work was on me until I got home Wednesday, went to bed at 3:00pm, and didn't wake up until 8:00am the next morning. 17 hours of sleep, cause I was just that exhausted. I'm just glad I had yesterday and today off to get rested, cause I don't know how much longer I could have gone before I crashed. It was nice getting that 40+ hours a week despite being part-time, but at the same time, my schedules were absolutely horrible. As an example, my work weeks usually would look like...
Sunday: 5:30pm - 1:00am
Monday: Off
Tuesday: 12:00am - 6:00am
Wednesday: 12:00am - 8:00am(almost always have to stay overtime on Wednesdays though)
Thursday: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday: 8:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday: 5:30pm - 1:00am
It was common for me to be at work literally every possible hour of the day throughout the work week. And sleep schedules no longer existed. I just slept when I could, if I could. Also notice that despite the fact that Monday was "Off", I would work Sunday night into Monday 1:00am, then go in at midnight, so my day off would be just 23 hours, which would be solely used for trying to get adjusted sleep-wise for my Tuesday shift.
You know, thinking about it. This reduced hours thing may not be quite as bad as I thought. Worst-case scenario, I'll just get a 2nd job to go along with this one.