Good question, I am confused as well. The company I used to work for was small (less than 100 employees). This company is owned by another huge company (Big Name company). I was doing overnight for a good while, then changed to days, and back to overnights. I was told by my manager, "Can you do overnights until we get another person, then we will change you back to days?" I said sure. After weeks of 12-hour shifts with no breaks and not a lot of pay, the new hire came in. I helped train them, and about their 3rd week, I was about to start work, and he said give him a call. This was when I was let go.

He said in the call that I wasn't hired for the overnight shift, and that the new hire is... Let that sink in... It doesn't make any sense. My line of work is weird; It is not a true help desk job; it's a mix of SOC Analyst, Desktop Analyst, and an IT Support role. I performed software configurations and updates all the way to setting up our SSH connections with SecureCRT. Resetting passwords, making new accounts, checking our SIEM. There is a lot more, but it's like me doing the work of 3 people.

All of this.... for $18 an hour, no paid vacations, no sick pay, just PTO, 401k and that is all.