6 on, 4 off, 8.5 hour shifts, start times for the six days generally 1500, 1400, 1230, 0830, fifth day 0545 and then back in same day at 2230 for midnight shift. Not a great pattern for sleeping .

 

Right now I work 4 10 hour days, 3 days off.
Shift is 1pm to 11pm, Sunday through Wednesday (normally)

This weekend I get to do an overnighter, 8:30pm to 6:30am, Saturday night.

I'm currently burning off unused vacation by taking Monday's off.
Thanksgiving and day after are company Holidays.
Next 2 weeks will be interesting:

Sunday - 1pm-11pm
Monday - Off (10 hours Vacation pay)
Tuesday - 1pm-11pm
Wednesday - 1pm-11pm
Thursday - Off with 10 hours pay (Holiday)
Friday - Off with 10 hours pay (Holiday)
Saturday - 8:30pm - 6:30am.
Week 1 40 hours regular pay 30 hours Overtime Pay .

Sunday - Off
Monday - Off (10 hours Vacation pay)
Tuesday - 1pm-11pm
Wednesday 1pm-11pm
Thursday - Off
Friday - 8:30pm to 6:30am
Saturday - Off
Week 2 40 hours regular pay.

My sleeping patterns will be severely out of sync for the next 5 weeks.
Once the Holidays are over, it will hopefully get back to normal.


phox

 

Here is my crazy last half of this month:

Nov 12 OFF
Nov 13 1330-2145 Overtime
Nov 14 1500-2330
Nov 15 1400-2230
Nov 16 0830-1700
Nov 17 0545-1415
Nov 18 2230-0700
Nov 19 2230-0700
Nov 20 OFF
Nov 21 1400-2215 Overtime
Nov 22 1500-2315 Overtime
Nov 23 1500-2330
Nov 24 0930-1800
Nov 25 0845-1715
Nov 26 0600-1430
Nov 27 0545-1415
Nov 28 2230-0700
Nov 29 1500-2315 Overtime
Nov 30 OFF

How can I be expected to show up at work at the right time?

 

Day shift, 7:30-4:00, oil refinery maintenence, unless we are doing
a shutdown then 7-12's or 6-10's until done, sometimes 6 weeks. ugh!
They won't let us work more than 16 hours straight anymore, then you
must be out of plant for at least 8 hours. Actually the last shutdown we
did was 6-10's, bosses and leadmen worked 12's, it was better
organized and we got just as much done, I liked it.

 

Mostly 0600-1800 M-F sometimes more, sometimes less... but on call 24/7. Most weekends are jacked up one way or the other but that's the nature of the business.
Luckily, I get paid to be a little "cranky" .

PISTOL

 

Here at DTR I am on call 24/7 and I get combat pay when the political threads are flying

 

I worked 12 hr day/night shifts for 6 years. I liked working nightshifts - no bosses around and such. I doubt very much if I could go back to it - too hard on weekends and the sleep pattern.

 

I got the dog-watch( nothing awake but some barking dogs).....midnight to 0800....waiting for a opening on days...

 

Been on graveyard 5 yrs now. So far this year started working 7 days per week sence the week before halloween about half of those are 12hr nights. get thursday-sunday off, back to 7 days per week till 12/23 takin 3 days vac. gettin 10 off then after 1st who knows. At this rate dont know what day it is.

 

I guess ya'll are taking a lunch break that the company won't absorb. We're 24/7 , don't claim lunch or breaks & just eat when we have time and work 8hr. shifts monday thru friday then 12 hour shifts on saturday & sunday which lets 2 shifts be off on the weekends. 4 workers/classification. Sat-Fri workweek. 28 day rotation so everybody gets some nightshift.
Days & Nights...mon-fri off weekends
Swing 1...sat & sun day 12's and mon & tue evenings
Swing 2...sat & sun night 12's and thur & fri evenings
This leaves wed evening as the 21st shift & pays OT
It's not too bad, been working shift since 1979.

 

You can say that again, I've got 5 more years next month.

 

I know the feeling. I loved it for the first 9 months. I would only sleep a total of 6 or 7 hours on my 4 day off. On my days on I only slept 4 hours. Then I hit a wall and had to start sleeping more.

I am not a morning person and prefer the swing or night shift. Just found out my manager is shipping to the east coast for two weeks, so I have to drag my behind out of bed at 0300 till his return .

Randy

 

12hr shift. 4on / 4off. days (0500 - 1700) one week. Nights(1700 - 0500) the next week. Been flipping from days to nights every week for 15yrs now except for plant shutdowns for 6 wks every other yr. Then operators work 13on / 1off, either straight days or straight nights, whichever we choose, until the plant is running again. $$$$$$$. The shift sounds bad and it is on married people. High divorce rate amoung Chemical Plant operators. But the money is good and the benifits are better. Lots of time off. A week of vacation gives you 12 days off and I get 5 weeks a year. What the heck, I guess I'll come back to work tomorrow. I've been here for 3 hrs tonight and haven't had anything to do but go to the end of the internet and back. I guess its not all that bad

 

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I work a simmilar 12hr shift but its 2 days and then 2 nights followed by 4 off.
Shifts are either 6-6 days or nights. One nice thing is that I only need the alarm clock for the two mornings then I get 24hrs off before the first night.
As you said 1 week vacation time = 12days off.

 

Mon- Fri 6am-6pm+(if needed)

Rick