So we live in one of the shittiest economies, yet the manufacturing plants are all running 10-12 hour shifts 6-7 days a week. Two places I've worked at are like this, and others I've noticed are often open on the weekends as well.
What's going on?
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Comparatively there are few manufacturing plants actually open domestically.
Which funnels all the domestic work/contracts into the comparative handful of plants. Creating a false impression of economic health. Not to mention some plants only deal exclusively in overseas contracts.
I worked one place that dealt exclusively in processing high grade aluminum for specialized parts manufacturing for Taiwanese and European companies.
Plant was humming 24/7 330 days with 2 12hr shifts a day per year. With the other 35 days being a mix of holidays. And mandatory maintenance days. Where the only people present were industrial maintenance.
I also worked at a place that just found it was cheaper to them long term to operate like that. Because automation to cut down on labor would cost too much and take to long. And they had a ready supply of cheap temp help from nearby slums to feed into the grinder.
Temp services- modern indentured servitude.