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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
I didn’t cry about it, I quit.
You did, though, in this thread, several times:
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This included a period of over six months where I worked a minimum of 10 hours a day, didn't have a day off, and was not paid for most of this overtime.
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No. I worked very hard for my paycheck, and this includes many hundreds of hours at no pay for the 1980 Census.
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In 1981 I was working at one of the processing centers for the 1980 Census doing quality control work. I went at least six months working a minimum of 10 hours a day seven days a week (with no days off). I don't remember all the specifics, but I was at a high enough level that instead of getting paid overtime, we would earn comp time. That is for every extra hour I worked, I would be entitled to an extra hour of vacation sometime in the future. However, there was a cap on this of 80 hours, and in less than three weeks my cap was filled. Also, and my memory isn't perfect here, when I left my job at the end of 1981, I was not able to use all my comp time (as vacation).
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Yes. The insane 1980 Census work stopped me from using the comp time. By the way, if fully compensated for my comp time, I would have had at least 700 hours of it, only got credited for 80 hours of it, and can't remember using any.
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I always put in extra hours. This includes going to American University at night to take a course in finite sampling theory. While Census paid for the course, I got no compensation for my time and effort except that I got a better understanding of how to design statistical surveys.
This is obviously a major gripe you have with your time working for the Census. If it wasn't, you wouldn't talk about it all the time.
Sounds like you should become a stronger supporter of labor rights - or, if not, stop acting so entitled about the way your employer treated you in an employment situation you agreed to as a consenting adult.