Going to 10 hour days

[thunderbolt]

The Gardens Hort staff is going to 10 hour days next week. 6 to 4. Anybody else going this route at work?

[toys2cool]

wow that sucks bro,could be worse I guess..

[spiderrogue]

so is that overtime for you then? or is it 4 - 10 hour days instead? they do that at whirpool(they make ranges there...huge factory down here in tulsa)...or are you stuck at 5 days still? that kinda sucks, but i bet the extra cash will be nice??

[thunderbolt]

4 10's. I don't get OT anyhoo. Salaried. Its mostly to help out with gas usage and a few of the gardeners will save daycare money, too.

[spiderrogue]

are they changing the opened hours too? or just reworking everyones schedule? i dont know why, but this fascinates me...lol...my boss is a paint in the ***..wants to cut my hours....(anyone who knows me, should get that joke)..come on....

[thunderbolt]

Actually it will be more productive for the staff since we will have more time to do noisy things like running chainsaws, etc before visitors get there.

[thunderbolt]

are they changing the opened hours too? or just reworking everyones schedule? i dont know why, but this fascinates me...lol...

nope, hours are the same for park visitation. And the 10's will end around Halloween when we get into the busy visitation season.

[megocrazy]

I've been thinking of doing this to cut down on my gas usage also. Still have to open up the building 5 days a week due to the customer service department, but may shut the warehouse down. Maybe on Wednesday's. I'm the only one that commutes, everyone else is local.

[4NDR01D]

I'm on 12 hour days, just worked a 72 hour week. 8 to 8, usually 5 shifts a week but will probably do 8 or 9 shift weeks this summer meaning I'll start at 8 in the morning and get off at 4 am the next day. Of course it helps to have a partner on nights who will let you sleep for a couple of hours. But you have to do room checks every hour(group home), so somebody's got to stay awake.

[garagesale]

When I was in the medical field, I worked all kinds of crazy shifts. At one time I worked on what they used to call "the Baylor plan," which was 3 12hr. shifts (but we still got paid for 40 hrs., nursing shortage and all). That was sweet. I also worked 2 doubles and a single Fri.-Sun., which gave me the whole week off (great when I was single, actually). Regular 8-hr. shiftwork I always thought sucked. You may actually dig having 3 days off every week!

JamesD

[mitchedwards]

I used to work 3 12s from 530pm to 530am. not bad once you get used to it

[4NDR01D]

). Regular 8-hr. shiftwork I always thought sucked. You may actually dig having 3 days off every week! JamesD

Agreed, I now have 4 days off back-to-back (although my phones been ringing off the hook with offers to take more shifts). I'd do an 80 hour work week to get a week off, easy.

[theantiquetiger]

wow that sucks bro,could be worse I guess..

Actually four 10's is the greatest schedule, THREE DAY WEEKENDS!!!!!

I am on day #28 of a 45-day turnaround at work, 12 hour days. I do nothing but come home, eat, spend a little time with family, check the net, go to bed at 8:30, get up at 4 am.

[Bo8a_Fett]

We do 12 hour sundays as part of our normal working week on London Underground...7 days on (6 8 hour days and 1 12 hour sunday) and then 2 days off...with a 4 day weekend every 4 or so weeks

[Hector]

wow that sucks bro,could be worse I guess..

Not if it's four days a week.

I have worked that schedule before and it friggin' rules...three day weekends, bro.