I know I posted about my job a few months ago. I thought things had gotten better and I wasn't in fear of losing my job when the company was doing the mass layoffs a few months ago. Well if was wrong.

Last week my manager called me to give me the heads up that the company may be getting rid of the grave shift, and they were thing of having us go to 4-10s like the rest of the production area. For those who don't know 4-10s means, work 4 day at a 10 hour shift, instead of 5 day at 8 hour. The company is going through a slump this year and they are looking at any ways they can to save money. I have a couple coworkers that can't do a 4-10 schedule because they have kids, other thing only an 8 hour work schedule works better for, or a day job so they have to work graves.

I really don't want to move to a different shift, but have less issues then my other coworkers. What got me worried is the company penny pinching on everything now to save money, and that means overtime. They've been cutting back over for a while, but they have been getting really crazy about it lately.

Example: my company offers in house training for employees on stuff to learn new skills to become better at their job. Part of my job in the tool crib is work on the computer using Microsoft office. They had a class for Microsoft Excel, something I don't have a lot experience with, but use with my job. My manager Recommended that I take the classes. I did. I also was to get paid for taking them too as I have to go to them when I off the clock. So it would be a hour of overtime for me. After I took the first class, I got a call from my manager telling me I can't have any overtime, so I have to clock out early this week. She still wants me to attend the Excel classes, but to clock out an hour early on those day so I don't get any overtime.

So I don't know. There is no official word of if or when grave shift is going away. Along with how my manager has been treating my coworkers that can't do the 4-10s has me feeling uneasy.

I'm not sure what I should do. I feel like I should start throwing Resumes out now, like my grave shift coworker, and just move onto a better job we're I don't feel like I could lose it any day. But I also feel I should wait until I get the word that grave shift is going bye bye. Not wanting to jump the gun and get a job that would start me off paying less then I'm earning right now. It's just those jobs I'm looking at may not still be around if I wait. This all suck.

Starving artist that needs day/grave job to live. Lol.

Thanks for listening to me vent some.