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23 February 2006, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
Lat time i did shift work, It helped one marriage go **** up,
vowed never to do it again
Mart
vowed never to do it again
Mart
incase she reads that
* this was a joke
23 February 2006, 10:57 PM
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24 hour cover, 8 - 8, 2 days followed by 2 nights. I'm a datacentre operator for a financial IT company.
Hate the rolling shifts when its on weekends, but love the paycheque
Hate the rolling shifts when its on weekends, but love the paycheque
24 February 2006, 06:11 PM
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Lab analyst for a petrochemicals company. Not the world's most exciting job, or what I ideally wanted to do with my chemistry degree, but the up-sides are high pay (for the area), no stress and I only have to work 3 shifts (2 days, 1 night) every 8 days...
24 February 2006, 06:45 PM
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I'm in telecoms network management. I got stuck on shifts after a major company shake up. They put a load of people onto 12 hour shifts bascially to force resignations.
Most of us held on for six months and got the redundancy.
I was working two 12 hour days, followed by two twelve hour nights then four days off. The days were the hard part, the nights we spent in the pub and had air mattresses in the meeting rooms! Easiest money I've ever made! Weekends were good as you'd only have to come in for an hour out of the twelve!
Complete calamity by the management!
Most of us held on for six months and got the redundancy.
I was working two 12 hour days, followed by two twelve hour nights then four days off. The days were the hard part, the nights we spent in the pub and had air mattresses in the meeting rooms! Easiest money I've ever made! Weekends were good as you'd only have to come in for an hour out of the twelve!
Complete calamity by the management!
24 February 2006, 08:19 PM
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used to do a 2 shift rota with earlys and lates and then switched to earlys nights lates, which IMO just ***** you up
glad i dont have to do them anymore
glad i dont have to do them anymore
24 February 2006, 08:52 PM
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must admit, i once actually made myself a bed from a brand new micra rear seat, pulled a few stillages out of the storage area, put my new "bed" down, pulled the stillages back in after me and had myself a 1 hour power nap at 3am 
24 February 2006, 09:28 PM
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@rse about on Apple Macs for 3 12hr nights every weekend to ultimately produce printing plates for glossy mags (not those ones 
). When I say for 3x 12hr nights, I mean 1 1/2 to 2, as by sunday we're usually all worked up and spend the night watching DVD's, surfing and sleeping.
). When I say for 3x 12hr nights, I mean 1 1/2 to 2, as by sunday we're usually all worked up and spend the night watching DVD's, surfing and sleeping.
24 February 2006, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
must admit, i once actually made myself a bed from a brand new micra rear seat, pulled a few stillages out of the storage area, put my new "bed" down, pulled the stillages back in after me and had myself a 1 hour power nap at 3am
Never a very good nights sleep though, constantly listeining for the phone, especially after I missed a call out and my boss had to get the onsite security guard to wake me up early one Sunday after a few too many on the Saturday night!
Easy, but boring, money!!!
25 February 2006, 02:10 AM
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I'm an IT Operations Analyst (basically a computer operator 
) for a large energy company.
Mon - Fri, 0700 - 1500 (Like this shift, feels relatively normal, long weekend after)
Mon - Fri, 2300 - 0700 (Nights are OK, get to chill out, HATE working Friday night though
)
Mon - Fri, 1500 - 2300 &
Sat - Sun, 0700 - 1900 one month, 1900 - 0700 the next month (This 7day week is just pure evil)
Mon - Sun, WEEK OFF! (Makes up for it all!)
So add that to my 25 days holiday and I get 18 weeks off a year in exchange for working 13 weekends. Been doing this for 7 years now.
) for a large energy company.Mon - Fri, 0700 - 1500 (Like this shift, feels relatively normal, long weekend after)
Mon - Fri, 2300 - 0700 (Nights are OK, get to chill out, HATE working Friday night though
)Mon - Fri, 1500 - 2300 &
Sat - Sun, 0700 - 1900 one month, 1900 - 0700 the next month (This 7day week is just pure evil)
Mon - Sun, WEEK OFF!
(Makes up for it all!)So add that to my 25 days holiday and I get 18 weeks off a year in exchange for working 13 weekends. Been doing this for 7 years now.
25 February 2006, 02:41 AM
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currently on 2-10pm mon-fri. **** shift - night shift was much better, twilight shift kills social life and domestic life
Making something for a large Japanese car manufacturer at the moment, little spangly things that go 'spin' and then move stuff. Not too sure on the details, i just go off the pieces of paper they give me.
Making something for a large Japanese car manufacturer at the moment, little spangly things that go 'spin' and then move stuff. Not too sure on the details, i just go off the pieces of paper they give me.