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My Daughter was born on the winter solstice this year. We had a broken sink in our hospital room and someone came by to fix it. He had a trainee with him. Who w

by mgr86 4y ago

My Daughter was born on the winter solstice this year. We had a broken sink in our hospital room and someone came by to fix it. He had a trainee with him. Who was mentioning that he was scheduled to work New Years Eve and then again the next day on New years day. A 3rd shift followed by an immediate 1st shift. He was casually talking to the guy training him and mentioned that had to be a mistake. The guy in charge said something like "what did I tell you. They don't care about you". I sure felt angry for both of them at that moment.

nradov 4y ago
Hospitals operate 24×7. Someone has to work those shifts. Usually it ends up being the employee with the least seniority. What's the alternative?
- dham 4y ago
  My first year at the movie theater I had to work Christmas Eve, Day, New years eve and day, all for minimum wage. People are just more entitled now a days.
  - krisoft 4y ago
    Did you go home and sleep between working on on new years eve and new years day? If yes then what you had is not what the complaint is about.
  - oAlbe 4y ago
    "My life was hard, so your life should be hard as well." Yeah, let's keep not evolving as a species.
- krisoft 4y ago
  The problem is not that they had to work on those days. The problem is that they had two consecutive shifts. The alternative is that the hospital hires enough people so they can schedule them such that everybody has time to go home relax and sleep after they are done with a shift.