Monday, December 10, 2007

Last night, things were fine. The night was going smoothly. Then I saw the schedule for the holidays.
Huh.
All was alright until I discovered that I am scheduled to work my normal Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12 hour shifts from 6p-6a. I am expected to get off work at 6am on Monday morning (Christmas Eve), and return to work for yet another shift at 2pm that same day.
Then over New Year, I am expected to work my regular shifts again, and add 2- 8 hour shifts on to it that following Monday and Tuesday, making 52 hours in 5 nights.
I left a note for my boss to tell her that I simply cannot work the Christmas eve one with only 8 hours in between.
I got a phone call from the unit manager (which conveniently I USED to be HER boss at another facility), and she was being VERY cocky and VERY snotty telling me that I was scheduled to work those hours and that I WOULD be there and it would be fixed with my regular hours so I wouldn't have overtime.

How am I supposed to work 12 hours, sleep maybe 5 and get up to do it all again immediately? I can't. My age, and my health. I can't.
But if I don't, I may lose my job.

I'm mad.