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work ethics
Nov. 10th, 2013 05:49 pmAs much as I like time and a half pay, I wonder if the new Saturday setup is starting to get to me. Tonight was fairly quiet overall in terms of customers, but I have so much work it's incredibly gruelling. I've only been doing it the past month, and the upside I think is, "well you only work 3 days a week now, so you've sort of bumped it up to 3.5!"
The downside is that baking runs on a schedule. And by constantly answering customers, which can be insane, I'm basically sabotaging myself. So 9-10 hour shifts, without a break, has become the norm.
The thing is that I've become so fast baking and organizing that I can finish by opening time. This is amazing to the general manager who saw me busting ass two weeks ago, because I haven't been a baker for that long. I am essentially condensing 16 hours worth of work into just 8-9 hours.
And... that's sort of the problem. I really love overnight baking shifts because I can listen to my music in the back and don't have to talk to customers. But the Saturday set up is intense and I'm always horrifically tired by the time it's 6am. I have to come in super early to clean and set up my work area before the last people leave. And because our assistant manager is always late, I can't get off front.
I am literally so tired by the end that I'm effectively drunk. My cognitive, reflexive, speed is all gone. I can barely speak. My entire body is aches, especially my back, and when I stop moving for a bit I get really stiff. And they're so desperate for someone to do a garbage run they still make me do it despite it all, but I refuse to do any heavy or overfilled garbages because I seriously don't think my back and shoulders could take it. And waking up the next day is a nightmare because it takes at least 2 days to fully recover.
I'm a pretty capable person and I know I have a balls to the wall work ethic. But I've been so drained after those shifts it's like unwillingness has morphed into actual inability. I've never experienced anything quite like it.
Anyway, if Job #2 doesn't come through despite me doing all the paperwork for it, I am asking for more baking shifts. But with someone doing front. I can't do front and back for 5 days straight! Even if the pay would be pants-shittingly amazing.
The downside is that baking runs on a schedule. And by constantly answering customers, which can be insane, I'm basically sabotaging myself. So 9-10 hour shifts, without a break, has become the norm.
The thing is that I've become so fast baking and organizing that I can finish by opening time. This is amazing to the general manager who saw me busting ass two weeks ago, because I haven't been a baker for that long. I am essentially condensing 16 hours worth of work into just 8-9 hours.
And... that's sort of the problem. I really love overnight baking shifts because I can listen to my music in the back and don't have to talk to customers. But the Saturday set up is intense and I'm always horrifically tired by the time it's 6am. I have to come in super early to clean and set up my work area before the last people leave. And because our assistant manager is always late, I can't get off front.
I am literally so tired by the end that I'm effectively drunk. My cognitive, reflexive, speed is all gone. I can barely speak. My entire body is aches, especially my back, and when I stop moving for a bit I get really stiff. And they're so desperate for someone to do a garbage run they still make me do it despite it all, but I refuse to do any heavy or overfilled garbages because I seriously don't think my back and shoulders could take it. And waking up the next day is a nightmare because it takes at least 2 days to fully recover.
I'm a pretty capable person and I know I have a balls to the wall work ethic. But I've been so drained after those shifts it's like unwillingness has morphed into actual inability. I've never experienced anything quite like it.
Anyway, if Job #2 doesn't come through despite me doing all the paperwork for it, I am asking for more baking shifts. But with someone doing front. I can't do front and back for 5 days straight! Even if the pay would be pants-shittingly amazing.
