Our "stay until the work is done" policy isn't correct. When they require the manufacture, painting, stacking and racking of 12-16 buildings per day. Buildings totally prepared to be installed built in one day. They make the day 13 hours long--and sometimes longer. The work week rolls into Saturday--60 plus hours per week. Pay raise..Per our supervisors "we are only allowed to give a 3 percent pay raise by corporate but because we work so much overtime and can't meet our hours and goals we can only give you a 1.5% pay raise"..the cost of living in portland oregon area went up over 3%???? Pay raise??? And if we work so much overtime --why do we have to beg to leave before the max allowed by law 13 hours. Why do they "not approve" requests for vacation time? Why do they change your time sheet in the computer to "unpaid day off" "ABSENT" when you call in sick in accordance with company policy.
Why do the make every attempt ---threats, intimidation ?? to make you not not request days off for doctors, vacation..whatever.
Why in God's Name do they schedule more work than can possibly be done in a 13 hour day--and complain about our overtime--not letting us go home..
Do the managers get a big bonus or something that we don't know about. Some of the managers say that they like us to work overtime--because they have to stay also--they need the money so badly.
I don't understand their motivation. They referred to us as trained monkeys.
