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Getting mandated overtime is going to be so much fun when I have to work 2pm-6am :| And then drive 30 minutes home just to sleep for 6 hours and then get ready to go back to work :|

 

At least I'm hourly :|

 

 

I do think it will be a fun job so hopefully they get more staff really soon so I won't have to do too much of this mandated overtime <_< Working 3rd shift especially is gonna suck since there's not as much to do since most clients are sleeping. There may be the occasional person who has a behavior issue at 4am that needs dealing with but not as many as I'll see on 2nd. We're not allowed to sleep or use our phones ever and I'm afraid that I'll either 1. Fall asleep while on shift due to being bored, 2. Fall asleep while driving home and crash my car, or 3. Have a client start acting out and me not do what I'm supposed to due to being too tired to think, and then get fired.

 

But they did say we can bring a book to read if we're on 3rd shift, so at least I won't die of boredom.

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2pm-6am holy guacamole

 

How do they know if you use your phone or not what if you sleep with your eyes open how will they know?

 

Try and beats the system

 

My assigned shift is 2pm-10pm but there are so few people to work 3rd shift right now that they will sometimes make us stay over for 3rd shift. Hopefully they hire more staff soon and it doesn't last long.

 

They have cameras everywhere so they'd see me with my phone and I can't sleep with my eyes open.

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But you're getting paid 15 x 1.5 = 22.5 per hour, so you can look forward to a big paycheck.

 

My pay is $15.60, so it would actually be 23.40 <_<

 

And yes I look forward to the paycheck for sure. Too bad I'll have no time to spend it. :|

 

Apparently there was a news story awhile back about some nurses that worked here who made more money than the state governor because of how much OT they did. Granted their base pay is higher and they did some voluntary OT on top of the mandated OT, but still.

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My assigned shift is 2pm-10pm but there are so few people to work 3rd shift right now that they will sometimes make us stay over for 3rd shift. Hopefully they hire more staff soon and it doesn't last long.

 

They have cameras everywhere so they'd see me with my phone and I can't sleep with my eyes open.

jesus christ this place sounds terrible. my job has cameras but they don't use it to check if people are on their phones

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My pay is $15.60, so it would actually be 23.40 <_<

 

And yes I look forward to the paycheck for sure. Too bad I'll have no time to spend it. :|

 

Apparently there was a news story awhile back about some nurses that worked here who made more money than the state governor because of how much OT they did. Granted their base pay is higher and they did some voluntary OT on top of the mandated OT, but still.

then again for $23 an hour i can't entirely say i'd blame you >_>

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jesus christ this place sounds terrible. my job has cameras but they don't use it to check if people are on their phones

 

The cameras are there to make sure no one is abusing the clients or anything. And to help clear staff when clients make false allegations.

 

Apparently they're considering changing the cell phone policy to be a bit more lenient. I would imagine we still couldn't be on our phones all shift though, since we're there to help the clients not look at our phones :|

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The cameras are there to make sure no one is abusing the clients or anything. And to help clear staff when clients make false allegations.

 

Apparently they're considering changing the cell phone policy to be a bit more lenient. I would imagine we still couldn't be on our phones all shift though, since we're there to help the clients not look at our phones :|

well YEAH i would say i'd get in trouble too if i was on my phone for 8 hours but if there's fuck all to do, what are they going to do, make you stare at the walls :|

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then again for $23 an hour i can't entirely say i'd blame you >_>

 

Honestly if this weren't for the state I probably would have nope'd out of there as soon as I heard they can mandate us to work a double. But the pay is better than anything I'm gonna find in this field at this level, and the benefits and opportunities for advancement if I can get a permanent position would be amazing.

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well YEAH i would say i'd get in trouble too if i was on my phone for 8 hours but if there's fuck all to do, what are they going to do, make you stare at the walls :|

 

That's why they said we could read a book :|

 

There's apparently some cleaning duties that 3rd shift has, and they get the clients up and ready for the day late in their shift (around 5am). Also just because the clients are SUPPOSED to sleep doesn't mean they do for 8 straight hours.

 

Apparently some clients are one-on-one and have to be at arm's length at all times and their staff has to sit outside their door. That would suck :|

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Honestly if this weren't for the state I probably would have nope'd out of there as soon as I heard they can mandate us to work a double. But the pay is better than anything I'm gonna find in this field at this level, and the benefits and opportunities for advancement if I can get a permanent position would be amazing.

 

yeah for $23 an hour i wouldn't budge for a while. that's some good money

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That's why they said we could read a book :|

 

There's apparently some cleaning duties that 3rd shift has, and they get the clients up and ready for the day late in their shift (around 5am). Also just because the clients are SUPPOSED to sleep doesn't mean they do for 8 straight hours.

 

Apparently some clients are one-on-one and have to be at arm's length at all times and their staff has to sit outside their door. That would suck :|

can you bring a kindle fire or does it have to be a physical book, because you could get around it with a kindle fire

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