This is painfully relatable. Exactly why I worked the job (good for my mental health-- headphones and working alone especially).

Except my area kept swearing that we'd never switch to day baking, which was extra good because the store's general manager hates me (I don't know why -- but if anyone is bored, look at my post history for the vaguest explanation. I never did get to go to HR, but they're probably useless anyway. Ugh.), then randomly told everyone that we had two weeks til we switched to dayshift and we'd just have to deal with it.

I made it to about 3 days before the switch and just quit without notice after my shift that day. I just-- my mental health at that point had dropped so low that somehow just abandoning this job that I loved, that I'd been working at forever, with coworkers and managers I genuinely cared about was the only healthy option. I still feel awful about it.

But like! There were reasons I chose this shift!! And I cannot be expected to healthily switch from years of nightshift to dayshift in literally a day. It has been a few weeks since I quit and my savings are running out quickly, but I'm still desperately adjusting to the entire 180 I've had to do re: my circadian rhythm before I start a new job (no other decent nightshift jobs around here). I'm so tired. Ugh.

It was such a cold move from Panera to do this after swearing to our faces that no, of course our bakeries won't do this. Lol jk we start in two weeks! Ugh.

(Side note: the baked goods are going to be wayyy less fresh now. Keep that in mind when you notice the price of a bread bowl or a half a sandwich has gone up again lol.)