As the title says, I'm fucking sick of mandatory OT. I'm not lazy and I don't hate the company, I just see my days off as my time and I'm tired of being looked down on for not being okay with my off days being cut in half! I live and hour from work, so after an two hours both ways, plus 12 hour days, I have time for nothing on my working days. Shower, eat, go to bed. And I'm supposed to be okay with giving up another two days every few weeks because they schedule outages to a level that can only be completed with extra help. Yes, I'm thankful I have a job and it could always be worse, but that doesn't change the fact that this kind of thing is mentally killing me and I hate the fact that this is all I know how to do well enough to earn a living doing it. Work to live, don't live to work. There's nothing wrong with putting yourself and your family (if that applies to you) first and the company second!

Maybe this all sounds childish to you and that's fine. You're allowed your own opinion, but this coupled with other issues I've been dealing with is just driving me fucking nuts!

I feel a little better already. Thank you for reading the ranting of an internet stranger!