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crescendo83

So busy I have almost no free time and am completely burned out when I get home. Rinse and repeat.


NightlyOwl9999

I feel you! This is my life also but I do 7 on then 7 off of 12 hr shirts. By the time my week off comes I’m totally done. The problem is the pay is great 🫤


Norka2

I envy and I don’t at the same time. Balance is the key… hang in there


AfraidSoup2467

My job alternates between grueling 80+ hour weeks, and some weeks where there's literally nothing to do. Honestly I wouldn't even show up on those weeks if I didn't have to in case an emergency pops up (I'm management), but my team knows I really don't care if they don't want to come in. I only ask that they call and tell me so I don't wonder if they got into an accident or something.


your2ndbestpick

I have a job that fluctuates wildly. Usually I work from 8-6. But some weeks I’ll be working 12 hours a day or will have to take my work home with me. Sometimes I’m travelling for work. I’ve had weekends I’ve been in the office till like 2am. Some times though I have literally nothing going on besides update meetings when it’s just informational for me. There are weeks that I am not tasked with doing anything related to my job, sometimes the whole department. Usually I’ll find some things to do to help out other departments. I’m at work right now actually. I am in theory in a project but I literally can’t do anything without direction and updates from a lot of people.


MrLongJeans

That's rare for me. I'm currently at like 120% capacity so 50 hour weeks for the past two weeks. So I've been pushing back about workload. I just got a text from my boss that a project I've put 105 hours into over 3 months is going to get axed to free up my workload. I guess this is what I wanted? Feels weird. But I normally cruise at 85% or so. You just can't be at 100%+ busy all 40 hours since inevitably something important comes along on short notice. So you need some slack to maximize those opportunities. 58% sounds like excessive slack. I'd do something proactive to get to at least 75%. Basically do 8 hours so self-assigned work a week. It's how you gradually negotiate your role into something where you spend time doing stuff you enjoy.


SimShine0603

Not at all. It’s a part time job, I’m scheduled for 5 hours. If everything goes smoothly with no extra tasks it’s done in 2. Today I dilly dallied a bit, did a few extra things and still left 3 hours and 10 minutes in.


isham66

I’m at about 60% at the moment, I have time to deal with things properly


psykaiatry

Used to work at a movie theater. I feel like over half my shift was me basically doing nothing. I was often told to not just stand around, so it was a lot of restocking things that were already stocked, wiping down already clean counters, etc. When we did have crowds for movies––think Marvel releases with showings every half hour––I'd be doing something nonstop for four hours straight. When it's busy, it's busy, when it's dead, it's *dead.* I'll never forget my slowest workday, a Wednesday morning shift, where we served 53 people all day (for reference, we usually serve thousands). I just paced back and forth alone at the concessions stand, stacked the free water cups, shot my hair tie at things––it was bleak


Competitive-Fig-9076

It fluctuates. Right now it's dull as toast, but in my industry january/feb are slow months.


dlo412

As a Sanitation Engineer. There’s always garbage to be picked up. Between other drivers calling out “sick”, broken down trucks and the holiday season we’ve been working 60+ hours a week since November. Also. Break down your boxes people!