This sounds like my life. It's a good thing I don't have kids. Things were hard enough between me and my boyfriend before I got fired. I don't know how anyone could juggle multiple jobs with scheduling antics like that. Check out my schedule the weekend I left: That's about as many hours as I normally get in a week within the space of less than three days. I took that picture Tuesday night when I found out, on my second unscheduled surprise night shift of the week. I'm real fuckin glad they fired me Sunday morning. Don't think it's just big chains, smaller places do it too. The store I worked at pulled all the shit in the article and that kleinbl00 mentions but it's a local businesses with fewer than 20 locations. It's not a matter of profits, I know the numbers, they just kick us cause they know they can get away with it.