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’m on for 4 days. Off for 3 days.
For a retail schedule, that’s a rarity. However, that does come with its sacrifices and some benefits. The sacrifice being, I may make less which means I have to be a lot more careful with finances. I still come out with a decent chunk at the end of the day, but, if expenses get higher and/or hours are cut or I’m somehow paid less, I may have to make sharp adjustments.
My store really does grind on those 4 days, where it feels like it’s a full 5 day schedule. I am a decent worker which unfortunately, makes me the kind of worker where they’re going to rely on me a lot and make me compensate a lot for the lack of a shitty worker. So, I’m going to be coming up fucking tired to do anything and sometimes even think of doing anything. Plus, I’m probably going to be pissed off for a bit so anymore human interaction I don’t want.