stevethenurse

@bittybritty - I will get an employee handbook - I think that's a good idea. @nurse2033 - class action makes me a bit nervous. I guess I will call an attorney and see if we should be getting OT and breaks. Thanks for your help.

@joanna73: Are you being punished??? That is just crazy. Frankly, I am afraid that if I complain they will pull something like that on me. I know that when people have complained about harassment they either cut their hours or overwork them to get them to quit. If it takes too long for them to quit - they find some reason to fire them - after working 6 X 12's for a few weeks there is no way not to slip up and either you quit or they fire you for slipping up.

@Joanna73 - that is 60 hours a week!! I guess I shouldn't complain too much!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I never really thought of overtime. I just did a google search and it looks like you are right. I guess this is the rule for California: http://nursesovertime.com/california-overtime-and-meal-rest-break-laws-nurses I should be getting overtime after 8 hours. That is 4 hours of OT a day. I feel like a dope for not realizing that for 3 years. Now how do I ask them for it without getting fired?? OMG - looks like they are supposed to be giving me breaks too: "In addition, nurses working 10 or more hours in a single day are entitled to two 30-minute unpaid meal breaks unless the work day will be no longer than 12 hours" This is great, but I am not sure how they will react to me bringing this up. This website has info for a bunch of states, FYI: http://nursesovertime.com/overtime-and-meal-rest-break-laws-nurses-your-state Thanks batmik!!!!

48 hours. I wish I was getting overtime - that might make it a bit more tolerable. By the 4th night we are all zombies. Doesn't help patient care, but somehow the ease of scheduling us is more important than patient care.

The hospital I work at schedules us 4 days on 3 days off. It is nice to have 3 day weekends (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) but on the days we do work we are working 12 hour days - night shift. Gets a little exhausting - especially since lunch is eaten on the go and breaks are scheduled but somehow never happen. They are always really good about taking out lunch time from our pay though - as if we actually had time to sit down and each lunch. The one saving grace is that we all get along and there are no real feifdoms. Not meaning to be whiny, but I am going back to work in 7 hours and I am not a happy camper. Steve

Finally - You get a weekend off! What I wouldn't give for a Saturday and Sunday off to spend with the family.