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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal
We just had a team meeting at work (at lunch now) and got the 2nd most wonderful news possible this time of year. Our mandatory overtime starting Jan 1 is being reduced! instead of 6 10-hour days - for the first time since I started with this company - we'll be doing 5, 9-hour days and our 6th day per week will be only 5 hours. (The 1st most wonderful news would be that my team doesn't have to help with inbound calls - but that would never happen.)
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Mandatory overtime sounds bloody awful. What happens if you don't want overtime and want to work your contracted hours? Also, this looks like a 50 hour week, previously 60 hours. Does the US have a working time directive? Where does a union fit into these working conditions? I feel overwhelmed and miserable just reading about these working hours (mind you, my ideal working week is about 4-6 hours so...).