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Jeez. Rotations like that exist in "Western Countries" since what, 50 years? 60? That's not new and the "surprise" here shows that you, dear poster, must be new to the game.
Anyhow, where i live and work (somewhere in Germany) you get paid extra for night and extra extra if shift is during the night on a week end.
Is that shit nice? Ok, no. Does it pay? Fuck, yes. All of my colleagues doing this since 20ish years bitch BUT have a house, two cars, fly to vacations to turkey and shit.
Your learning?
Accept, that this shit exists and will always exist.
Unionize. Have companies pay you fairly for what you do.
Stop whining. As long as you whine, you are a victim. Victims dont act or unionize or take things into their hands. Victims cry, roll on their tears and get fucked. THATS what companies like, cause you're easy to deal with.
That's 100% the way you interpreted it. I am not new to the game. My post is about prevalence and not about newness of the concept. I specifically remember job hunting in the 90s (yes, I am that old and not new to the game as you incorrectly assumed) and in the 90s there were not so many factories working rotating shifts like there are now.
Go look for manufacturing jobs on Indeed. This trend is new. I never suggested that a rotating shift idea was new - that's just how you interpreted it.
The problem with that here I. The states are two fold. First of all if the companies could, at least here in the states, they wouldn’t allow unionization. They don’t want to pay fairly for what you do. All these companies want to do is make as much money as possible, while paying the workers as little as possible.
Most of the companies here would like us to work until we die on the lines, but pay us nothing to do the work so they could make it all. Companies don’t give a damn about workers rights, or being fair to us. A lot of non-union shops will fire you for trying to bring a union in. They would be extremely happy if the labor boards, OSHA etc would cease to exist.
Please read The Great Money Trick (or watch the video).
The Indeed reviews for this specific company and location state that they already have a union. One review states:
"Union is garbage unless the top guys like you."
So, their union is not doing anything to prevent the insane rotating shift schedule.