Thread: Shift work

Originally Posted by UAcowboy

Yeah nights and weekends we are pretty much here for when TSHTF oh and we do 6 to 6 shifts. last month we had 1 person on leave for a new baby and another called in with strep throat and i had to work 8 nights in a row that almost turned into 14.

Ouch!
Thankfully we're a big enough factory that we can cope with a few absentees without too much upheaval

Night work very hard. I went to the night shift, and I know how it is. Everyone has their own body and not everyone fits. But such a life.

We only get a $0.10 boost in pay from 6pm to 6am. But if we do overtime, it's time and a half after 8hrs, and double time after 10hrs. We can get mandated to 10hrs, but not forced to stay later than that.

I think we are compensated well enough. And there isn't much more reliable than bread .

Originally Posted by UAcowboy

I am on My night shift as i type. I work electric distribution dispatch. we are salaried with overtime and non union. we have are 24/7/365 and have a seriously weird 28 day rotation. 4 nights on, 3 off, 3 days, 1 off, 3 nights, 3 off, 4 days, 7 off.

I work Generation - Got to love the long days off paired up with some vacation!

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

I work Generation - Got to love the long days off paired up with some vacation!

Plan your vacation days and you can string together a few breaks nicely.
I took a one day vacation on St paddys and ended up with a full week off

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

Plan your vacation days and you can string together a few breaks nicely.
I took a one day vacation on St paddys and ended up with a full week off

Was this a good thing or a bad thing?

Originally Posted by Bigirishkev

Plan your vacation days and you can string together a few breaks nicely.
I took a one day vacation on St paddys and ended up with a full week off

Yes, on the 4 on 4 off routine we negotiated that those on that when they book a weeks holidays the week is considered the block that they were supposed to work. If you booked a week you got 12 days off and it also made scheduling replacements easier. We had a decent shift dif also and got paid 1 1/2 on Sundays.

OTH when you total the number of hours a year you put in on the 4 on 4 off 12 hour shifts you are at work 80 hours a year more that somebody working the standard 8 hours Monday to Friday. I remember applying for pogey and being told by a government worker that my normal annual income reported was too high based on my hourly wage. She did the math based on the standard 40 hour work week. Just could not grasp the number of hours you put in on a 4 on 4 off 12 hour schedule plus working 3 Sundays a month at 1 1/2. People who have never worked shift do not understand what it is like.

Bob

A former employer seemed to have the best system for shifts. They would rotate people month to month, through all three shifts. Only the foreman were permanent (lucky me). there was always the adjustment phase of a day or three, but at least you had three weeks plus of proper routine afterwards. for myself, on permanent midnights, it was the worst three years of my life. with a daughter in elementary school I was existing on 4-5 hours sleep per day, while still trying to maintain a social life on weekends.

I am 1 of those whose biological clock won't allow weird shifts with lots of changes. I can work from 3 or 4 in the morning till late at night with 6 or 7 hours to eat, shower sleep and get back at it. But if I try to flip that upside down, it kills me.

Worked 30 days on 2 weeks off for the last 20 years Mostly 12-18 hour days. Oilfield starts early and you finish when you finish, first 20 years were on the drilling rig so we worked rotation but still gone for 30 days. Except for when I was in Alaska. Or overseas, then it might have been 60 on 30 off Now retired and can't sleep. Tc