Shift workers step in

[need5biguns56]

We had 4 teams at work. 12 hour swing shift, all 6:00-6:30
T,W days
F,S,S night
T,F Days
M,T nights
S,S,M days
W,T nights

Worked every other weekend, basically off 14 out of 28 days. Worked it 30 years before I retired.

[Triton bass]

1st 8AM to 4pm
2nd 4pm to 12am
3rd 12am to 8AM
We had a weekend crew that worked 12pm to 12am and 12am to 12pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday 36 hours and got paid for 40

[jerzia]

1st 8AM to 4pm
2nd 4pm to 12am
3rd 12am to 8AM
We had a weekend crew that worked 12pm to 12am and 12am to 12pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday 36 hours and got paid for 40

I retired last April but started working again part time, in February. It's not a money thing, just the way I'm wired. I work three days a week and yes, all three of those shifts in the same week. It took about a month to get used to, and forcing myself to go to sleep at different hours, but I like the job a lot, and isn't anywhere near as bad as it sounds.

[Savage33]

Saturday-Friday dayshift. Of the weekend. Monday-Friday second shift. Off the weekend. Tuesday-Monday 3rd shift. Off the week. Go back on Saturday and start over. Weekends are 12hrs. Sundays are double time

edited to include: we don’t do vacation coverage. Allow up to 3 people off per day, on a 11 person team. Overtime is 99% voluntary. The 1% of overtime is maintenance days when we have a heavy load.

[WVBullet]

You don’t work for Nucor Steel by chance, do you?

No, ICL America Chemical. But the new Nucor plant is being built about 4 miles south of me. My plant is 3 miles north of me.

[Craigjc00]

12 Hour shifts one long week and one short week. I go in 4 hours late on Mondays to round it out to 80 hours. I love it. I only have to use 24 hours of vacation to get a week off. We are allowed shift trades too so I can switch days with people or swap weekends. Or...I can do cash trades and pay someone to show up for me.


Fri-Off
Sat-Off
Sun-Off
Mon-Work
Tue-Work
Wed-Off
Thurs-Off

Fri-Work
Sat-Work
Sun-Work
Mon-Off
Tue-Off
Wed-Work
Thurs-Work

[JoshKeller]

I don't care what the pay is or how much I like the job, if we go to rotating days/nights, I'm immediately quitting.

[WVBullet]

I don't care what the pay is or how much I like the job, if we go to rotating days/nights, I'm immediately quitting.

That’s how some guys at my plant feel. They want days only. That’s fine. They bid when the turn comes to Maintenance or the Shipping Department. When I started at my plant 30 years ago, it was 21 shift and didn’t want midnights either. Hated them actually. I had only worked days either on five 8’s or four 10’s. When 12 hr shifts came along two years later and we changed to them, I loved them. I wouldn’t go to straight days for anything. On midnights it’s quiet and you can do your job without some boss or engineer wanting 872 things at once. Only 14 days a month. 7 midnights, 7 days. Two of the days are on the weekend so it’s kind of like midnights without the company people there. The longbreak is the biggest bonus. Plus I like having the days off through the week every other week.

[Roddy]

12 hour shifts 36 hours one week 48 the next. 5 to 5. The guys loved the time off

[Stein]

1st 8AM to 4pm
2nd 4pm to 12am
3rd 12am to 8AM
We had a weekend crew that worked 12pm to 12am and 12am to 12pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday 36 hours and got paid for 40

We did this one for a while at our plant. It was a fairly short (several months) surge thing which left our regular 5/24 schedule alone. We thought it would be tough to staff the weekends but people with small kids loved it. Huge savings not paying for daycare. It was like getting a huge raise.

[Rangerdeepv]

Had a rotating 6 week schedule with a relief week (could end up working any shift to cover) and hated it.

[KellyJoe]

Been doing the DuPont schedule for DuPont until 2019 and now for Dow until present day. 29 years total.... It's not bad at all... On a 28 day cycle you'll work 14 and off 14... 7 total days and 7 total nights for your 14 worked... That's all good until you run short staffed and log 500 OT hours like last year... Here's a sample for 2023.... A,B, C and D shifts.... No forced OT on holidays... If you're off you're off...

[Boozer]

You don’t work for Nucor Steel by chance, do you?

Not trying to hi Jack your question, I worked for Nucor Steel in Decatur Al for 21 years as a mechanical maintenance technician. (Shift mechanic). Would probably still be there but wife and daughter wanted to go live on the beach in Gulf Shores. So I retired early and moved to the Bama gulf coast.

[Smalliefan2]

Worked in chemical plant,ran 24/7/365. Four teams, six days on, two off. Rotated shifts, midnight to 8, 4 - midnight, 8 - 4.

[ChadG]

I don't know so that is why I'm asking and am by no means downing your job but is that not kind of a pain to keep up with and pretty chaotic on your family time and sleep patterns? Seems like it would hurt overall productivity.
Again I'm just asking from a curious standpoint on the outside looking in.

For about 18 years of my fire career we were 24hrs on, 48hrs off until about 3 years ago. We went to 48hrs on and 96hrs off. One of the best things I've seen happen in the fire service. I initially was against it but now couldn't imagine going back to the old schedule.

It is chaotic and sometimes OT is short notice. I am about 9 months into it. Sleep patterns are hard to come by. The 7 days off every month is a nice bonus but it comes at cost. It is factory work so it comes at you regardless, I do think mistakes are more common than normal day shift stuff.

[JoshKeller]

That’s how some guys at my plant feel. They want days only. That’s fine. They bid when the turn comes to Maintenance or the Shipping Department. When I started at my plant 30 years ago, it was 21 shift and didn’t want midnights either. Hated them actually. I had only worked days either on five 8’s or four 10’s. When 12 hr shifts came along two years later and we changed to them, I loved them. I wouldn’t go to straight days for anything. On midnights it’s quiet and you can do your job without some boss or engineer wanting 872 things at once. Only 14 days a month. 7 midnights, 7 days. Two of the days are on the weekend so it’s kind of like midnights without the company people there. The longbreak is the biggest bonus. Plus I like having the days off through the week every other week.

I have enough issues sleeping at night. I do 4 10s 6a - 4p and it's the perfect shift for me. With two young kids, I value the consistent shift and the ability to have a babysitter more than the days off.

Luckily I work at a state water treatment plant and I haven't seen my direct boss in months. A few teams meetings and the occasional text is about all we see of management unless there's a big issue. And it's hard to be upset about putting 20 years in and getting a pension

[meaves]

I work 4 days on 4 days off. Then 4 nights on 4 off. Works out to 4 straight 48 hour checks. Followed by 4 36 hour checks.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Having workers rotate days to night is inhumane

[WVBullet]

I have enough issues sleeping at night. I do 4 10s 6a - 4p and it's the perfect shift for me. With two young kids, I value the consistent shift and the ability to have a babysitter more than the days off.

Luckily I work at a state water treatment plant and I haven't seen my direct boss in months. A few teams meetings and the occasional text is about all we see of management unless there's a big issue. And it's hard to be upset about putting 20 years in and getting a pension

I do understand the sleep issue. I have the same issues and that was even before shift work. But I understand your situation and can see why you like the days. Four 10’s is nice. Worked them for a few years.

[fish365]

I'm retired now but I have worked:
8 hour shift on 2nd 7 days a week-factory
4 12 hour shifts on , 4 days off 7am-7-pm and had to cover off days crew vacation-factory
4 10 hour shifts Monday-Thursday + 8 hour shift on Friday and sometimes Saturday on second shift-factory
8 hour shift Monday-Friday and occasional Saturday-factory
50 hour minimum salary schedule with 2 days off during the week with only 1 weekend off every 6 weeks-retail management
5 10 hour shifts and some Saturday 8 hour shifts-factory
5 8 hour shifts with voluntary Saturday shift and occasional 10 hour shifts during the week on 2nd shift- factory