A local company call center I worked at in the past just cut their fifteen minute breaks and also demands at least 10 hours of overtime for each of their employees. This of course did not include HR or the Corporate offices, just the call centers. Mind you that most of these employees sit in a chair on the phone all day long. Now with their fifteen minute breaks gone, they have a half hour to get out of their chair a day. With the overtime that they made mandatory some people are sitting in their chair for over six hours a day. This is not healthy for circulation, your back, or weight. I gained twenty pounds in the time I worked there. They have restricted the times to the bathroom and have asked their employees not to stand at their desks. When I was employed there I had to hire someone to take care of my child when overtime was mandatory. I was paying out more than I was making.I think it is ridiculous that an employer can demand their employees to work overtime hours. I do however feel employers deserve to know why an employee is unable or refuses to work overtime. There may be a situation where the client has children and no sitter, or family issues keeping her from being able to switch their schedule and work the overtime. Limiting bathroom breaks is ridiculous beyond belief. There are many people who have health issues that may need to go more often than others.
I had a situation before this where I was terminated because of attendance. Mind you I had not had any warning that my attendance had been in question. I had gotten sick and had a Dr’s note stating that I was not allowed to return to work for 48 hours. The day I came back to work was fine. The next day they terminated me saying my attendance was unacceptable. When I filed for unemployment I was granted because I had a note stating it was not safe for others for me to return to work. Many places I have worked at or had friends work at required a 24 to 48 hour notice for their employees to call in sick. Who knows 24 hours ahead of time that they will be sick??
Employers are out of control and employees are getting fed up with it and this makes for more people in the unemployment line. Employers need to be held responsible for the way they treat their employees or things are going to get worse.
Article: Employers Just Don’t Care
Article Source: Business Actuality