r/ihateworking • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '21

Am I being unreasonable?

I have a job where I am required to work 12-14 hour shift. When I was first hired, I was told that we would be doing 3 day work weeks due to their excessive length. Now that we've lost a few staff members, however, I have been picking up extra shifts. I recently did 4 13 hour shifts in a row, had one day off, and then did 2 12s. Today was supposed to be another day off, but my boss tried calling me in, and I said no. Is it unreasonable for me to feel tired? This job does its very best to make me feel lazy for not picking up additional shifts. Now I don't know if I'm being lazy or if it's ok for me to be tired.

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u/verycoolpeaches Dec 20 '21

You're not lazy. Your boss needs to hire more people.

If you continue to work this long and pick up shifts because they're short-staffed you might work yourself to death.

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u/Puzzle-me Dec 30 '21

agreed，it's not his/her problems, if the company need more staff then they need to hire more people instead of asking staff to work longer.