12 hour shift workers, how many breaks do you get.
30 October 2008, 11:31 PM
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Hey im currently on my set of 12 hour shifts!!
I work 4 days on 4 days off- alternates between days and nights.
I get a 10 min break in the morning(***) an hour for lunch and ten mins on the afternoon.
Just hope i can see it through till 07:30am........zzzzzzzzzzzz
I work 4 days on 4 days off- alternates between days and nights.
I get a 10 min break in the morning(***) an hour for lunch and ten mins on the afternoon.
Just hope i can see it through till 07:30am........zzzzzzzzzzzz
30 October 2008, 11:32 PM
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I once worked in Motorolla which was 12hr shifts, 30mins lunch and 2 15 min breaks 
I was chuffed that I managed to do one 12 hour shift before telling them to shove their job up their **** and went to work for Sky TV 
I was chuffed that I managed to do one 12 hour shift before telling them to shove their job up their **** and went to work for Sky TV
30 October 2008, 11:33 PM
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Working Time Regs state .....that if you're an adult worker (that is, over 18), you'll normally have the right to a 20 minute rest break if you're expected to work for more than six hours at a stretch.
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30 October 2008, 11:39 PM
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At my old place, when doing 12 hour ****s, we would work from 6pm-9.40pm, have 20 mins, then work from 10pm to 2.30am, have 30 mins, then work through to 6am. Pretty much the bare minimum.
31 October 2008, 12:57 AM
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when i did my rolling shifts, lates / nights. we did
0600 -13:30 - 1) 10 min break
13:15 - 20:45 - 1) 10 min break
20:45 - 0600 2x10 min break, or 1 20 min break
stingy or what
Mart
0600 -13:30 - 1) 10 min break
13:15 - 20:45 - 1) 10 min break
20:45 - 0600 2x10 min break, or 1 20 min break
stingy or what
Mart
31 October 2008, 01:41 AM
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Never realised I had it so cushy. 7-7 nights or days and we get 1.5hrs to take when we want (start, middle or end or split up into bits) and we can have a wander off around the place at any time if we feel a bit frazzled (vanishing for over twenty minutes raises eyebrows though).
Oh and we can pop up the petrol station or 24hr Tesco any time for bits and bobs as long as we get a decent packet of biscuits for the team.
Oh and we can pop up the petrol station or 24hr Tesco any time for bits and bobs as long as we get a decent packet of biscuits for the team.
31 October 2008, 02:12 AM
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31 October 2008, 02:22 AM
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get a break every hour for a smoke then about 20 mins 
for the first break then 45 for the second then another 20 for the last break and finish about 35 mins b4 the end of our shift
and thats why the motor industry is in the ****
for the first break then 45 for the second then another 20 for the last break and finish about 35 mins b4 the end of our shift and thats why the motor industry is in the ****
31 October 2008, 02:23 AM
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well- on night shifts it aint that bad.
Get to park my scooby in a nice dry garage and can take *** brakes whenever i like.
Plus ive just watched saw5
PS. Yes lets hold hands lol
Get to park my scooby in a nice dry garage and can take *** brakes whenever i like.
Plus ive just watched saw5
PS. Yes lets hold hands lol
31 October 2008, 02:36 AM
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When I was 12hr shifts, we got 2 x 10min breaks. 10pm and 2pm, if you wanted a lunch break you had to work on the time at the end of your shift that you took for the lunch break.
The breaks where the only time the smokers got their nicotine fix. The phones were a **** take aswell, no incoming or out going calls were allowed. All mobiles had to be switched off and no reading material allowed to be taken in, like newspapers or mags. Also had to work under cctv getting recorded to catch anyone slacking off.
Im so happy that place went down the pan.
The breaks where the only time the smokers got their nicotine fix. The phones were a **** take aswell, no incoming or out going calls were allowed. All mobiles had to be switched off and no reading material allowed to be taken in, like newspapers or mags. Also had to work under cctv getting recorded to catch anyone slacking off.
Im so happy that place went down the pan.
Last edited by slipstream_uk; 31 October 2008 at 02:38 AM.
31 October 2008, 02:45 AM
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When I was 12hr shifts, we got 2 x 10min breaks. 10pm and 2pm, if you wanted a lunch break you had to work on the time at the end of your shift that you took for the lunch break.
The breaks where the only time the smokers got their nicotine fix. The phones were a **** take aswell, no incoming or out going calls were allowed. All mobiles had to be switched off and no reading material allowed to be taken in, like newspapers or mags. Also had to work under cctv getting recorded to catch anyone slacking off.
Im so happy that place went down the pan.
The breaks where the only time the smokers got their nicotine fix. The phones were a **** take aswell, no incoming or out going calls were allowed. All mobiles had to be switched off and no reading material allowed to be taken in, like newspapers or mags. Also had to work under cctv getting recorded to catch anyone slacking off.
Im so happy that place went down the pan.
31 October 2008, 04:23 AM
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2x 12 hr days,2x 12 hr nights then 4 off.
Breaks vary,usually very easy,nights are better.
2 x 1 hour lunch breaks,then in our control room either surfing or watching dvd's,just watched Bangkok dangerous now on Casino Royale.
One night we watched 3 Pink Panther dvd's,another the whole series of Rising Damp..
Smokers get breaks when they "need" them.
And yes we still moan......sometimes we have to work but the minimum is the 2 x 1 hour breaks
Breaks vary,usually very easy,nights are better.
2 x 1 hour lunch breaks,then in our control room either surfing or watching dvd's,just watched Bangkok dangerous now on Casino Royale.
One night we watched 3 Pink Panther dvd's,another the whole series of Rising Damp..
Smokers get breaks when they "need" them.
And yes we still moan......sometimes we have to work but the minimum is the 2 x 1 hour breaks