I have just finished uni and was finding it really hard to get a job relevant to my degree. Rather than give up and claim money etc I decided to go for a job that I wasn't mad about and wasn't relevant to my degree in order to have money coming in. It was a necessity job.
So two months in and im finding it really hard, it is in a large well known pub chain, so the hours are erratic and it is bloody hard work - although i knew this when i accepted.
However, my contract was originally for 29 hours a week, I stupidly signed a form on induction saying i would be happy to work over 40 as I was told this was just to allow me the option If i needed extra cash. I thought this was great as really had wanted a full time job.
This week I have worked 6 days, 55 hours. I have done three closes which means finishing at gone 1am and some days I have had to be in at ten am which I think contravenes some kind of law, but im not sure.
I also did a 12 hour shift on friday and was allowed a forty minute break. Is this illegal because I feel it must be. God knows if i didnt smoke I would have only had half an hour.
If you got this far - well done :) But i suppose what I am asking is should I be receiving more breaks, and if so why do the people that have worked here for ten years put up with this system.
Im not completely cowardly though I have tried to raise these issues before with many of the managers, there are about 6 and either get laughed at or told that they work more hours than me....thats fine but they are salaried and proably on a lot more than under 6 pounds an hour....
wibu to quit and be jobless because my mental health is seriously suffering.....help!!
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pinkstinks · 05/10/2011 23:11
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