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Jagr_68 posted...

Time to hit those indeed pages again.

For what it's worth, I was working 75 hours a fortnight - ten unpaid 30 minute breaks making up the other 5 hours, with 15 minute paid breaks every single day - for over a year and a half. I work at a commercial laundry where everything is done by hand, so it's been immensely physical work; I get tendonitis in my ankles so bad I can barely walk some mornings.

On paper, losing the hours is bad - and I do have a drinking problem which can make it hard to save money, so the more paid work, the better. I'm gonna need to make drastic changes if only to make sure my savings kept growing from paycheck to paycheck. Once my birthday is over (it's next week) I'm gonna stop drinking for a while.

But on the upside, I get a day off every two weeks. That helps a lot with the tendonitis, and it just generally helps me live a more fulfilled personal life. I was working eight hours a day, for forty hours every week, for a year and a half. Now I have some time to unwind and be myself.

Also, since I'm permanent part-time, I still accrue holidays and sick pay. Worst case scenario, I plan out a week or two of holidays, stock up on frozen meals and live like a mountain man while I get a fat paycheck. AND I'm basically last on the chopping block, should people start losing their jobs, behind my bosses and ahead of our casual workers/earlier hires.

So yeah I'm griping that I'm losing money. It sucks. But the actual message in the OP is true as well - I'm looking forward to having a day off every two weeks