I’m about to break my job
And I don't think I'm sorry about it.
I'm not going to go into everything, but l've been keeping a spreadsheet of tasks at my job for the past 4 months. How many times we do them per shift, what is expected per shift, the minimum/ maximum/ and average times of each. With the total average time it equals well over 32 hours of tasks needed done per 12 hour shift.
And each shift only has one person per crew, not counting when there are trainees (rare).
It goes against Union policy. Me and my workers have been run into the ground for weeks. I got told to "manage my time" better. So I did. I managed my time and kept a spreadsheet then found within one day that the amount we're expected to do is over 12 hours per person assigned to the crew, including when there are trainees. Just a bit of malicious compliance. If the fallout is interesting, ! may make a post about it on that subreddit.
I sent the email with my spreadsheet off to the Union reps today and I'm extremely anxious about it blowing up in my face. But at this point, I kind of don't care. I love my job, don't get me wrong, but we're all exhausted and have eyebags for days. l've lost a ton of weight going from around 180 pounds to 150 from the manual work alone.
Everyone is stressed. Pretty much the only things talked about during shift change is what bullshit happened on the job that shift and what mess to expect/is left over.
One person per crew is ridiculous and should have two permanently at the very least. All together, written out per the 4 machines and 7 areas we have to do tasks in, there are 108 different task that take anywhere from 5 minutes to 4 hours that we have to keep up on. That is not including time traveled to each, but how long the task itself takes.
The jobs above mine do far less work for way more pay. I pass by them several times a shift and most of the time they're sitting around waiting for their next gig.
I'm hoping this will help. I'm hoping we'll be allowed the people we need and the pay we deserve. Wish me luck!