• flicker@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      This is me!

      The 3 on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off cycle of 12 hour shifts is what I do as in-home health care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

      And as a manager, I absolutely do get stuffed into covering 5 or more days. During the pandemic I was doing front half days (Sunday Monday Tuesday) back half nights (Wednesday Thursday Friday). And it’s hell!

      They increased our pay to $15 an hour in my state as an emergency order so we could finally get some staff, but it’s impossible to get enough people and don’t even talk to me about quality…

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        10 months ago

        Bro our warehouse workers start at $20/hr full time with benefits, you’re not getting paid enough.

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          10 months ago

          I know. But I literally take care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As in, cerebral palsy. As in, if we quit, these people will have no care.