Days off? Not really

[malada]

Broadcasting is a 24/7 365(6) industry. I've been in it long enough to get used to working holidays, weekends and be ready to work at a moment's notice.

I'm tired.

It's especially annoying when I'm on a hard deadline and I still need stuff from people who regularly request things at the last minute or on a Friday after 5 PM or at the beginning of a long weekend.

I'm tired.

Working remotely has been helpful: the coffee is better, the bathrooms are closer (with my IBS flaring that's very important) and if I want to nap after lunch nobody's going to mind.

I'm tired.

Working from home helps since my housemate has needed care after several surgeries. They're mostly recovered but they still need help with things.

I'm tired.

I really should seriously consider retiring soon.

Comments

[acelightning73]

Once, when working vacation relief at WNBC, I wound up working on my scheduled day off, which turned out to be the Fourth of July, and it was short turnaround from the previous day. I wound up working for an hour and a half at a rate that made that hour and a half pay me as much as I made in an ordinary week. The IBEW rules were very specific. But there was no way for me to work from home in those days. I was usually editing sound bytes for the news guys. And there was one reporter, who had been hired by the news director because he'd been fucking her. I always had to edit her reports very tightly - she couldn't do an interview to save her life. I think I bought new shoes with that paycheck.

[malada]

The money is okay - NABET/CWA union here - it's just that in many cases I'm working or worried about work *constantly* and have for many years. On one hand: if I stick it out another year and a half I get a boost in my Social Security and more money in my retirement account. On the other hand: I'm tired of working. I've been working full time/ part time/ looking for work/ since high school and schooling is just prep for working.

[acelightning73]

I was in NABET and the IBEW. The union rules made it feel as if I were working for two employers at once. But at least I did get my O/T and shift bonuses.

[mellotron_breakfast]

Remote work can be such a blessing. In my current employment it was always the case, so it's not like many of those jobs that went "pandemic remote" and then fought/are fighting to walk that back; my employer has always been in the USA, knew from the beginning I live in Canada, and never expected me (let alone my supervisor or a coworker in Nova Scotia) to move to the USA.