Smythe
Active member
Really?
I worked 7-3 for 3 years and loved it, then my company introduced shift work and I was doing 11-7 every other week. I HATED it, I found myself hanging about killing time waiting to go to work, getting home late, cold, dark etc...
What do you prefer about it? Seriously because although I managed to find a new job I know there is talk of introducing shift work
here in the future ( I knew this before I signed up but better pay/location swung it for me)
Anyone? What are the positives of shift work? I want to psych myself up for the news when it comes...
Its whatever you prefer i guess. I work in a team of 5 working 4 on 4 off days and nights. We dont get holiday days to actually take but are paid these as part of our salary so we all realise that its give and take if you want time off so we all swap shifts regularly and it works very well. I get more time off than if i did mon-fri. Its nice to get different days off all the time and not just weekends plus generally shift work pays more.
Im lucky working a good shift pattern with good colleagues, some shift patterns may not be as good or as flexible.....for me missing the odd game is just part of shift work and not the end of the world....always got mates happy take my seat for a game.
If your on a set shift rota you can check all season what games you cant make and plan days off or shift swaps well in advance.