Any of you working a lot of hours?

[Anna]

Hiring freezes, then being short staffed I'm doing about 60 hours a week at times. One day off its
hard to get the home front in order for the next six days.
With unemployment so high its as if these company's are making those who do work double up on
what they are doing. I can't go or do anything without my phone ringing.
It sure messes up the dateing scene guys just give up on someone who works all the time.
Single life really sucks!! I hate it.

[Ranger99]

be thankful you have a steady job and
money coming in. be frugal and get a nest egg
socked away for when times are worse.


i wouldn't worry too much about a beau.
if someone hacks at you about working it's
likely not someone you'd want around anyway.
good luck

[Empty Quiver]

Strangely enough my company is short staffed and is having a tough time finding help. We've been short staffed for a couple years as far as I'm concerned. An unscheduled day off is unheard of.


The problem I believe is they want to pay 2002 wages. Management has convinced themselves that this economic downturn means wages should fall, as " billions " are out of work. The supply of money however has not met the demand of the workforce.


I'm always impressed with the "no inflation guys", don't you read the papers? Then the next thing out of their mouths is that times are tough costs are rising, just hang in there we have to hold the line on every business cost  .


I'm glad to be employed, when all things are considered its a pretty decent company. I'm absolutely certain that the only thing worse than having a job, is not having one.

[Victor3]

Don't get me started. Uh-oh, too late...


 Here in CA, an employer can't work anyone more than 6 days/week or 64 hrs/week.


My departments have been on mandatory 6 days & 64 hours for months, and at least 50 hrs/week for over a year. Being a salary employee, I'm not happy. Hourly folks working under me are raking in the dough but we're all burned out. Upper management thinks that throwing overtime at our problems is the answer. They don't seem to care that the company is paying out a ton of cash yet not even getting the production they did when overtime was voluntary. In my experience, working people to their limit is only useful for a month at most. After that you're looking at seriously diminishing returns (and pissed off employees who use all of their sick time, go out on FMLA/disability, or leave to work for the competition).


All of this crazy overtime we're working stems from certain directors not wanting to face their bosses if we happen to miss our production or sales numbers. If they can proclaim "What else could we have done? We worked everyone to the maximum hours allowed by law" they figure their butts are covered. If that's not acceptable to the big wheels (when their bonuses are in jeopardy), they put pressure on front line managers and supervisors to discipline "slackers" (often good workers who are just burned out). Convenient scapegoats.


We can't find qualified people willing to sell most of their waking hours to the company, so they tell us to hire more temps and interns. Great. Then quality goes down the tubes. "You need to train them!" Okay, when? On their lunch break?


Treating people like disposable razors is a symptom of sick, short-term focused management. Just sweep that body out of the way if it can't perform to standard anymore; a new one is waiting in line and happy to have its job, and at lower pay!

[goodshot]

The burden of the overhead  is paid in the 40 hour week, when they can squeeze more hours out of their existing
staff the employer is only paying wages.
        Especially in your work, Anna, 1 position is 5 people to cover 3 shifts, days off, and vacations.     
       I used to be one of the "silver breasted nickle grabbers" who would work all the overtime they could stomach.
      Retired now, doing what the Lord directs me to do, when He asks me to do it.     Couldn't be happier.
     When you get to also there may not be as much money, but He will give you more happiness in your heart than
working for "filthy lucre".
     When the employees started dreaming about work they knew it was time to back off.
     I built a lot of rock crushers and car shredders in my sleep.
    Don't forget church today, He doesn't forget us 24/7/365
   

[yellowtail3]

Contract gig for the last year ends in a couple weeks.
New gig (diff industry) starts up two weeks later. I'll be flying to Michigan and Arkansas weekly, unless it falls through.
I'm glad.

[45-70.gov]

my   old employer  ask my back  a month ago.....temporarily


been averageing  30 hours a week......Killing  me.....hahaha


the extra money  is good to boot
too mush spare time spending on gunbroker

[ChungDoQuan]

Most here would no believe the hours I work. I will say that I enjoy what I do, so it's not really like work/

[magooch]

Gee, that sounds a lot like the long hours I put in kayaking, biking and generally messing about.  It's tough work, but somebody has to do it.  And the pay is good too.

[goodshot]

       Bragger!!!!
       Seriously, I am happy for you magooch!

[Anna]

Most here would no believe the hours I work. I will say that I enjoy what I do, so it's not really like work/

I'm sorta like on a tenure, salary. The slave drivers love that because you go on call at the drop
of a hat. Substance abuse is my area and this problem is becoming epidemic.
Everything from drugs and booze to recently your obsessed with your pets. Lots of family's trying to
get the old folks into a padded cell in order to take everything they have.
The myth is you just don't toss someone into a padded cell, they still have certain rights.
If I did that I had better have all my stuff in a row a review board is usually the deciding factor in anything like that. Meth heads are a piece of cake all they have to do is smile to convict them lol.

[Graybeard]

I gave up that silly work stuff back in '95. My days are mine to do with as I chose within my physical limits of course. I retired at age 50.

[mechanic]

My retirement melted away in the stock market in the '90's.  At age 60 I'm no closer to retirement than at 40.  I have a good steady job that gets harder to do because of the physical limitations of age, and the pay...take home anyway is about the same as 10 years ago.
 
Some days it's hard not to just chuck it all and walk away.
 
Ben

[Anna]

My retirement melted away in the stock market in the '90's.  At age 60 I'm no closer to retirement than at 40.  I have a good steady job that gets harder to do because of the physical limitations of age, and the pay...take home anyway is about the same as 10 years ago.
 
Some days it's hard not to just chuck it all and walk away.
 
Ben

Ben I see 60 year olds working harder than someone who is 30. And company's actually want them
because guys at 60 can do and fix about anything.
I know a 60 year old who is a mechanic, welder, machinist,electrician, and he is very good at all
of it. Why? Because he worked for CAT dealers all his life.
In his days as a field man they didn't have cell phones or computers. He went out on a job and wasnt
heard from again until it was finished period. He said in those days be could drive around with a
beer in his lap and the police didnt care. Worked 48 hours straight and slept in his truck.
CAT field men used to be the toughest men you could ever come across, and they looked it too!

[mechanic]

I've had much of the same, since 1969 I've been a field mechanic.  Getting more than I can do lately though.  Too many aftermarket parts...on me.    I spend a lot of my time now helping the other 18 fella's who are less experienced.  I don't like it as well but age has it's limits.
Ben

[Anna]

I've had much of the same, since 1969 I've been a field mechanic.  Getting more than I can do lately though.  Too many aftermarket parts...on me.    I spend a lot of my time now helping the other 18 fella's who are less experienced.  I don't like it as well but age has it's limits.
Ben

Ben you look like you work for CAT lol.

[goodshot]

    He sure does Anna, looks like he wears a hard hat or a bump cap,yes, I am thankful to have known several CAT field technicians, man, those trucks have everything on them.
    We just need to get through the first hundred years.
    Blessings

[mechanic]

I've worked for several dealers, but never Cat.  Forklifts.  They have fed me and almost killed me.  But, I've never been unemployed so I should quit griping.
 
Ben

[Victor3]

The burden of the overhead  is paid in the 40 hour week, when they can squeeze more hours out of their existingstaff the employer is only paying wages.

 That's often not the case.


 In my industry (manufacturing), a substantial percentage of burden variance is tied to hours worked by employees on the shop floor. Supporting hourly staff (indirect labor) must be allocated. Electricity has to be provided to machinery and lighting that would otherwise be idle if overtime was not worked. Perishable tooling, processing fluids and multiple other supplies are used at higher rates. All of these costs must be considered when determining net margins.

[SHOOTALL]

 
 Think about it you have 2 workers you work them ot but not enough to justify a third worker. When they work enough ot to justify the third worker you hire . when they work enough ot hire another worker. it just that simple. Simple reason there are fixed cost with each employee no matter what income he brings the company. So unless you know it is a profitable hire it would be bad to make it. Many companies are watching to see if the rise in business will continue or slow once more . Very hard to invest in maybe's.

[FourBee]

Why am I reading this? 
I'm off the work force, and on retirement.  I like saying.  I'll do that tomorrow.

[gypsyman]

I've been self employed my entire life. 50-60 hrs. a week has been commonplace for me for better than 40 years. Worked in my parents store in high school, 6 days a week, 11pm during the week.Midnight on Fridays and Sat. Now it's 44-46 weekends a year, and busy Mon-Thur getting ready for the weekends. Best thing is, get up in the morning, look in the mirror, tell the boss what an idiot he is, grab a cup of coffee, throw on a pair of pants and go to work. I'd fire my self, but I don't think I can find somebody that would work as cheap as me. gypsyman