Explain this job description please
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Rider007 said:
Been quite a while since I have had to apply for a new job but interested in this. "This is a full time position working a shift pattern which consists of 4 on and 4 off, with 2 days and 2 nights. " ? Am I being a bit thick ? .
Used to work this as an Mainframe Operator....Two days doing 8am-8pm followed by two nights 8pm to 8am then 4 days off. So MON 8am-8pm, TUE 8am-8pm, WED 8pm to THU 8am, THU 8pm to FRI 8am then FRI is first day off, SAT, SUN, MON off, back in on TUE at 8am.
Wednesday is effectively a day off, and after the last night shift, stay up all day for another day off.
Fairly common in some 24/7 manufacturing environments, too.
As mentioned above, it will be something like 2 x 6am-6pm days, then 2 x 6pm-6am nights, then 4 days off, etc.
So DDNN OOOO DDNN OOOO DDNN etc.
Some people prefer DDDD OOOO NNNN OOOO DDDD but if you're crap at getting up or struggle with working nights, at least with the 2/2 pattern you only have 2 consecutive early starts and 2 nights at a time to cope with.
As mentioned above, it will be something like 2 x 6am-6pm days, then 2 x 6pm-6am nights, then 4 days off, etc.
So DDNN OOOO DDNN OOOO DDNN etc.
Some people prefer DDDD OOOO NNNN OOOO DDDD but if you're crap at getting up or struggle with working nights, at least with the 2/2 pattern you only have 2 consecutive early starts and 2 nights at a time to cope with.
Rider007 said:
Been quite a while since I have had to apply for a new job but interested in this. "This is a full time position working a shift pattern which consists of 4 on and 4 off, with 2 days and 2 nights. " ? Am I being a bit thick ? .
Continental shifts say 2 x 12 hour day shifts, 24 hours off then 2 x night shifts then 4 days off rotating 7 days a week.Been there at the post office mail centre, did EEE LLL NNN OOO, I lasted less than 2 weeks, I just couldnt get into it, I loved the job and it was a good laugh, but just couldnt get into the changing hours and was like a zombie the whole time and took about 2 weeks to get back to normal,
As someone whose recently applied for a job with shifts and is unsure.
Even that was a week of one shift before it changed to a different hours the next week.
Doing days and nights in the same week is f
king stupid frankly! Surely you need a good 48hrs to reset your body clock!
And even then, to my mind, it should be "mornings" then "afternoon/evenings" then "overnight" so you don't get big time jumps
Even that was a week of one shift before it changed to a different hours the next week.
Doing days and nights in the same week is f
king stupid frankly! Surely you need a good 48hrs to reset your body clock! And even then, to my mind, it should be "mornings" then "afternoon/evenings" then "overnight" so you don't get big time jumps
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