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That Work Thing: The 2nd of the Three 8’s – Work

I don’t think the average workday 8 hour anymore.  It’s longer.  Commute time.  Overtime.

I don’t think my average workday is 8.

For me it’s 9 alot because of mandatory overtime.

Plus if my commute is added its 9 hours and 40 minutes to an hour.

Let’s say it’s 10 hours total.

So that bleeds over into the 3rd 8 and I’m missing 1 1/2 or 2 hours every day.

Some days it kind of pisses me off. Especially when I have appointments or other obligations. I miss those two hours where I could be doing something else.

So I’m down 2 hours a day. 10 hours a week. 40 hours a month.

40 hours = 1 work week.

Now that pisses me off.

Something has to change.

With me or my job.

I never really thought about this before.

What are your thoughts on the 2nd 8?

Does it piss you off?

I’m off to work. Lol. I have a lot to think about tonight…..although I only have 3 years til I retire.

The question for me us do I want to put up with the bullshit anymore.

Gotta go…..

That Work Thing: The First Of Three 8’s – Sleep

Do we really need 8 hours of sleep?

Or is this a line of crap?

It’s something I’ve been told my whole life by my parents, teachers, bosses, friends and doctors.

But is it true?

Do we really need 8 hours of sleep?

How do the experts know what is best for me? They don’t know me.

Shouldn’t it be up to me?

I did an experiment.

I tried sleeping two nights for six hours each and I was exhausted. I slept the next two nights for seven hours and that wasn’t so bad. I wasn’t so tired but I was a crabby. I tried sleeping two nights of eight hours. I felt rested and ready for the day.

I think eight hours work best for me.

I hate it when experts are right, but that is why they are experts right?

Ok so I know I need 8 hours.

How many hours do you need?

The next post is the next of the three 8’s: work.

That Work Thing: A 32 Hour Work Week

A bill was introduced by Bernie Sanders last week. A 32 hour work week in four years.

It’s a good idea, but I don’t think this is going to work.

I don’t know if this is just manufacturing, but look at all of the companies that have 40 hour a week employees.

Restuarants, grocery stores, salons and barbershops, gas stations, hospitals and clinics, just to name a few.

How can these companies go from 40 to a 32 work week? Will they be able to find workers and stay open? What about the companies that run 24/7?

What about the company that has a 40 hour a week shift and a part time weekend shift. What about the part time workers? What do they get?

And what about overtime? As an example let’s say one person makes $1,000.00 gross a week. This $25 an hour for a 40 hour week

Ok. For a 32 hour work week the pay would be $31.25. A $6.25 an hour increase for 8 less hours a week.

What about the people who don’t deserve a raise — if we call it that. The workers who sit in the bathroom for a half hour at a crack or the people who stand around and talk, or who text off and on at their desk and all day.

I’m not even going to write about overtime pay….

I think every company should be able to decide for themselves if this is going to work for them.

This concept needs a lot more work, time and thought put into it.

It’s more than more money. It’s about what works for that company and it’s employees. What does the company want. What do their employees need?

But I think the bigger question is who is going to pay the higher cost for the product or service? The money for the higher wages is going to have to come from somewhere.

Nice thought.

What are your feelings? Do you think this is going to work?

That Work Thing: Drama At Work

Last week I was wondering why I felt sad, helpless and like no one listened.

I haven’t felt like this in a long time. It really bothered me.

I realized yesterday that the bullshit my exboss put us through last week and the last four months had brought up issues from my past.

I thought yesterday they would have a meeting letting us know what happened and how we were going to proceed forward.

No meeting and management acting like something traumatic didn’t happen.

But it did. It was traumatic for every person. Each in there own way.

These last four months brought up issues from my childhood.

As a kid I knew things, but I was told to act like I didn’t. Don’t acknowledge your feelings. Don’t talk about things. Pretend it didn’t happen because we don’t talk about things.

Sometimes I feel like my workplace is sometimes like my childhood home.

I had thoughts and feelings. I wanted to talk about things with management; but I didn’t feel I could.

So I kept quiet.

My inner child was going crazy yesterday. She and I were letting all of the stuff from the past go.

In my head I held her as we rocked. We talked and cried. We let out a lot of emotion. She reminded me of stuff I forgot and that needed to be healed

I didn’t realize I was carrying all of that old stuff around.

I think one of the reasons i work there because it is safe and there is a sense of comfort.

What scares me and saddens me the most is that the company I work for thinks this is ok.

No explanations. No guidance.

But I’m used to it.

Is it asking too much to want/expect more from my employer?

I want more. I want open communication. I want to know that I matter and what I am feeling matter.

I have things to think about tonight. I feel raw and open

As we evolve shouldn’t the company elvolve?

As people as work talk/gossip about what happened I choose to look inward to heal myself. There are 3 people I talk about what happened with. I know we need to talk to heal.

I think its terrible that they didn’t acknowledge us as human beings and that something traumatic happened.

I matter.

Thanks for reading. I appreciate it and you.

Sad Day

My boss was walked out of work last night.

In four months she went from having her shit together to a person who is losing everything. Her family. Friends. Job.

Before Thankgiving one of her friends got hired. 

They would disappear for a half hour.  She was spending a lot of time in the bathroom after he came out.  She stopped taking breaks and talking to her brother.  She spent every break with this guy out in her car.

You can see where I am going with this.

She would tell one person one thing and the next person another.  Lies became part of her life.

And this guy half of her age became her obsession.

Her world came crashing down on her last night.

Now she is addict with no job.

This is not the way any of of us at work wanted it to end.

I’m shocked and sad.

I hope losing her job is the wake up call she needed.

I doubt it because she doesn’t believe its her fault.

Pray for my exboss and other addicts today. May they all find their way.

That Work Thing: The Three 8’s Of Each Day Of The Work Week

According to Robert Owen the three 8’s of each day of the work week are:

8 hours of sleep.

8 hours of work.

8 hours of play.

I will be exploring each of these in 3 different posts.

Each of them are interesting and need to be thought about seperately and as a whole.

It should be fun!

A 2023 Business Update

I’m proud of myself for what I did in 2023 with my business.

I put myself out there. Posted flyers and talked to people about my business.

I took risks and pushed myself out of my comfort zone.

Talking to a lawyer was the task that scared me the most. I’m a good girl. Good girls don’t need lawyers. Criminals do. I was worried that people would think I did something wrong when they saw me walking in the lawyer’s office.

I was so scared but I pushed myself thought the door and worked with him to get a contract.

I had 1 customer and made $70.

I have laid the ground work for my business.

It was scary and exhilarating all at the same time.

I have grown alot.

I am grateful for the whole process.

I have done good.

That Work Thing: How Did The 40 Hour Work Week Start Anyway?

Let’s start at the beginning.

Who started the 40 hour work week?

I always thought it was Henry Ford. I was wrong.

It was Robert Owen started the 40 hour work week in Great Britian in 1817.

Henry Ford started it on September 25, 1926. He believed productivity went down after 8 hours a day.

94 years later and we are still 40 hours a week.

My question is this:

Does it still work?

Some believe it does.

I question it.

Is our definition of work still the same and why?

Life was slower and a lot simplier back then.

No internet. No commuting. No cell phones.

We’ve grown. Evolved.

We are busier than ever.

Millions of people whose lives are run by a clock.

I think we should be individually thinking if this works for us.

Does the 40 hour work week work for you?

It doesn’t for me.

If I was working for myself probably.

But since I’m not it doesn’t.

We work instead of listening to our hearts, souls, and minds because we have to be at work.

I’m rambling now.

I guess I’m sick of being tied to a clock and being managed by people who don’t know what they are doing or don’t care about what they are doing.

It’s time we start looking at our work life and see why we are listening to someone else.

Is there maybe a different way?

Bosses Day Present Update

For Bosses Day 2023 I wanted to get myself a present in Las Vegas, but I didn’t find anything.

A couple of weeks ago I found something in a Brighton catalogue:

A new handbag.

I looked at it and touched it while I was in Vegas a couple of weeks ago.

I didn’t buy it. I wanted to be 100% sure before I spent the money.

It’s all I thought about the last couple of weeks. I couldn’t get it out if my mind.

I ordered it last week.

It’s more money than I wanted to spend, but I love it!

It makes my heart sing.

I can’t wait to see it.

Happy late Bosses Day to me!