Zilla Fieri
[work] You know what's always bothered me about how some employers do their scheduling? When they schedule your lunch break exactly two hours after you come in.
Zilla Fieri
Granted, I'm the kind of guy who prefers a late break to an early one, but even so, the practice of it just bothers me.
Zilla Fieri
Two hours into a shift isn't nearly as long enough to actually warrant a break. You're still pretty good, most of the time.
Zilla Fieri
Let's say you get an hour break and you're forced to take it during your 8 hour shift. That means you have to work five hours uninterrupted when you get back.
Zilla Fieri
And that's just ridiculously backwards to me
Zilla Fieri
I want my break after I work five uninterrupted hours.
Zilla Fieri
Because then I'll actually be tired enough to want to go on break.
MOVED PLURKS
YEAH I give my people their breaks halfway through the shift
MOVED PLURKS
I don't understand why people schedule it like that
Zilla Fieri
The way I see it, it's to squeeze more productivity out of their employees thanks to the time old technique of "minimize costs; maximize profit"
Zilla Fieri
If it wasn't mandated by law that the earliest you can send someone on break is two hours into their shift, I'm sure they'd send employees even earlier than that!
Zilla Fieri
The worst part is that some jobs give half hour breaks instead of an hour and they still do that.
Zilla Fieri
It just irks me when I have to ask a supervisor to not send me on break so early.
SariAAAAAAAH
/spittake
SariAAAAAAAH
you get an hour break?!
Zilla Fieri
At JCP, I do. TRU only does half hour breaks.
SariAAAAAAAH
I only have a half hour
SariAAAAAAAH
I pad it out by spending a while in the bathroom after clocking back in
Zilla Fieri
Half hour breaks suck. I have to agree with you there /hugs
Zilla Fieri
That's right Saria FIGHT THE SYSTEM
SariAAAAAAAH
FUCK THE POLICE
Zilla Fieri
But yeah, this came to mind since I saw my schedule for tomorrow. I work 3-11:30 (which is a closing shift) and they scheduled my break for 5-6
Zilla Fieri
Granted, the store closes at 10 and everything after that is just cleaning, but god damn, that's some harsh practices.
Princess Emily
I have no choice but to do that a lot of times. /scheduling supervisor
Princess Emily
When you have x number of people on a shift you have to worry about getting breaks, plus you can't send anybody during peak hours
Princess Emily
a lot of times it's unavoidable. You have too many people to send everybody when they want their breaks, which is generally midway (which, for my guys, would usually be peak hours) or late (too many people)
Zilla Fieri
It's unfortunate
Zilla Fieri
I mean, I can see the need to do that, but it sucks
Princess Emily
Oh, it does, but it's more of a "this industry sucks" thing than a "my boss sucks" thing.
Princess Emily
Although I think it's a communication thing, too. Like if an employee complains about their break I, you know, pull them aside and explain the reasoning behind it, and they're usually good with it.
Princess Emily
Other bosses might be like "Go on break." "I've only been here two hours-" "I don't care, go on break now."
HOT TURKEY TAKE
Yeah, the reasoning typically is what Shika said
HOT TURKEY TAKE
You want to have as much of your staff active during the rush hours as possible, which means...
HOT TURKEY TAKE
yeah
Zilla Fieri
Yeah...
HOT TURKEY TAKE
Expect lunch breaks to come completely at random and unscheduled after October comes around
HOT TURKEY TAKE
Once you get into The Season, there is no time to plan for rush periods as it is going to be one long, unending rush from about November 15th to about December 29th
Zilla Fieri
The Christmas rush is going to be a nightmare
Zilla Fieri
Also Black Friday
HOT TURKEY TAKE
You mean Black Thursday
Zilla Fieri
Both of them.
HOT TURKEY TAKE
Corporate greed has rolled back Black Friday to the point that Thanksgiving no longer exists as a holiday any more
HOT TURKEY TAKE
Instead it is Moneysgiving, as in "give us your moneys"
Zilla Fieri
Thank you so much for that, corporations.
Princess Emily
In theory, Black Thursday is a good idea. It's supposed to relieve some of the stress of Black Friday itself.
Princess Emily
It'd work better in practice if THURSDAY WASN'T THANKSGIVING
Zilla Fieri
That and the theory is moot if stores decide to stay open 24 hours anyway.
Zilla Fieri
All it'll mean is less holiday, more work, ALL THE STRESS
HOT TURKEY TAKE
I'm waiting for the day that Christmas is declared "not a holiday if you work retail"
Zilla Fieri
Isn't that already the case?
Princess Emily
Nah, Walmart's closed on Christmas
Zilla Fieri
Ah
Zilla Fieri
Well that's still good. I don't think either of my jobs close on Christmas, though, so I won't get my hopes up until I find out
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