How safe is the 40 hour work week in the USA?

LottomagicZ4941

My employer claimed we would get more time off with our family if we went to 12 hour days.

Well I have done the math and they lied.

Use to work 40 hour weeks. Five days of eight hours. Now they want us to work 3 day on 3 days off 4 days on 4 days off. This is 182.5 days of working a year. 182.5 times 12 is 2,190. There was a rumor that we would not get overtime for our long week of 48 hours. And it turns out the rummor is true. We are on a 28 day cycle and we will not earn ovetime unless we work over 168 hours.

They claim they are going to "give" us an extra 44 hours of holiday time. 110 - the 44 "given" = 66 hours getting jiped.

How many hours do you work a week and do you get overtime?

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MagicZ4941

fixit

I work between 60 and 70 hours, six days a week! Overtime? Paid?

recneps345

Get a job that doesnt "jip" you.

LottomagicZ4941

I have requested that they transfer me. They have another location still on the 40 hour per week plan that is also a closer commute. But if people are willing to get jiped then other employers will go to this plan.

Not that easy to get a 45K job. My own dad says that I am just being a trouble maker considering what I get paid. Still their plan is basically a 5% pay cut in that I will be working on average of 2 hours more a week.

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MagicZ4941

Hooben

The problem stems from Japan and China where the six day work week is alive and well. Some American companies are having to do this to stay competitive in the world markets. Beware as many an american company has already located to Juarez Mexico (just across the border from my hometown) where people work for pennies and many days a week. The basic theory is that management is still from the US, but the workers are all Mexican.

LottomagicZ4941

Wal*Mart is the biggest company in the world. So American companies can compete. This may be a bad example as I would certainly like to see them go union and pay their workers more. Do the Asians really like being worked like dogs? No company has to jip anyone to be competive they chose to be immoral. You do have a bit of a point. The answer is not to work for pennies but to support companies that pay a living wage.

Perhaps Asia is a bigger threat then Iraq?

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Carrera

My employers have had me do 24 hour shifts when other people fall ill. Sometimes they beg for the help in case they lose a contract. I hate doing it but it's difficult to say no when we get staff shortages or people phone in ill. I often do 15 hour shifts and have only just got back from a 12 hour stint. Sometimes if I want to ride I have to sleep 3 hours and catch up the next day.