I have a particularly strange schedule, and I bet some of you do too. Tell me about yours! I’m on a 28 day rotational shift (dupont modified). All shifts on are 12 hours with half being am-pm and half being pm-am. Of those 28 days, I work 14, the other 14 are off, 7 days in a row every rotation as well. I love it but the days can be long sometimes.
I work from Monday to Friday, 8:30 till 4pm with a half-hour lunch break, 3 weeks in a row.
The fourth week I work from 9:30 till 5, and then I’m on call from 5 till midnight and all day during the weekend.
On average I get 1 call per week that requires 15-30 minutes of actual work (remote). I can live my life normally during on-call time as long as I stay sober, within cell phone range, and within a 1h drive to work in case of an emergency.
As compensation for doing on-call, I get a company car, about 20% more salary, and 12 additional vacation days, for a total of 42 days per year (plus unlimited sick days).