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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is me!

The 3 on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off cycle of 12 hour shifts is what I do as in-home health care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

And as a manager, I absolutely do get stuffed into covering 5 or more days. During the pandemic I was doing front half days (Sunday Monday Tuesday) back half nights (Wednesday Thursday Friday). And it's hell!

They increased our pay to $15 an hour in my state as an emergency order so we could finally get some staff, but it's impossible to get enough people and don't even talk to me about quality...

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Bro our warehouse workers start at $20/hr full time with benefits, you're not getting paid enough.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know. But I literally take care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As in, cerebral palsy. As in, if we quit, these people will have no care.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I really respect and appreciate you doing this for them. I hope you all can unionize and get better wages for yourselves.

    My grandfather needed similar care before his death and I'm pretty confident I'm going to need similar care at some point in my own life. The average person really doesn't appreciate how they can become disabled. So thank you, and good luck advocating for yourself. I'm sorry you're so underpaid.

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