My work schedule officially SUCKS!

[prolesunited]

I guess I'm lucky that my P-T job increased my hours to 32 after I got laid off from my F-T job (although they have not hired me F-T as they've replaced staff with their hand-picked choices).

I had been filling in two days during the day for a co-worker out on maternity leave and working Friday and Saturday nights, leaving Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday off. That sucked.

But now, with all the replacements trained and ready, I will be working 4 p.m. to midnight Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

What this means is that I don't even see my husband three days a week! (And since we just got married, I still kind of like being with him.) And we have exactly one day a week to spend together.

So, how did you make a horrid schedule work for you? How do you deal with never seeing spouse?

And, I guess this should be the final kick in the ass to get a new job.

[ThomCat]

1. That sucks.

You should be home acting like newlyweds. :blush:

I hope you do get a much better job soon.

[pmbryant]

2. Definitely non-ideal

But you still have the other 4 days (at least in part). Make the most of them. :-)

For the first six years I was with my wife, we lived thousands of miles apart, so I can relate.

--Peter

[prolesunited]

3. Long time, no see

Hope all is well with you! :hi:

The real solution is to get a new job so we work approximately the same hours.

[Susang]

4. Michael and I worked opposite schedules for years

He hated it more than I did. I'm more solitary than he is and like the alone time. I'm not saying the situation was ideal, of course; but I do miss the amount of time I had to myself.

That doesn't help, does it? :P

[prolesunited]

6. Since both of us have spent

most of our adult years alone, I certainly don't want to be tripping over each other, but this schedule sucks. We did it for awhile before that coworker went on maternity leave.

I think it bothers me more than it does him.

I guess I'll just have to deal with it for the time being.

[obxhead]

5. The only way I've ever fixed a horrid schedule

is by changing jobs...

Such a hard thing to do now it seems though.... Good luck

[prolesunited]

7. Well, my schedule certainly will make it easy to look

And I live just outside of Chicago -- only a 40-minute train ride away -- so I don't think it should be too hard. Surely, in a city that big someone will want to hire me. (I hope.)

[jane_pippin]

8. Aw that's no good. Sorry your schedule is so goofy.

I have no advice, but I can sympathize with never seeing your husband. My boyfriend and I have insane shifts too. I work all day, he works afternoons/nights. I only see him weeknights between 10 and when I go to sleep (usually 11 or 11:30 if I manage to stay up that late), Saturday afternoons, and Sunday mornings. And we live together. It's ridiculous, but we need the money so it's just how it is until one or both of us find jobs with "normal" hours. Plus he has all kinds of projects going outside of work so when he's home he tends to work on those. If it's something he could use a hand with I help him out so we at least get some hanging out time in that way.

It does totally suck. Good luck to you--I hope something better comes along job-wise for you so you can see your husband more.