Bloody night shift

EFIwindsor · 24-07-2007, 09:19 PM

god dam I have another stint of night duty. Started a new job last month in the emergency department and i am getting smashed with night duty. it is starting to me off.

What other fordforums members have to night duty???
how many do you have to do???

MO · 24-07-2007, 09:28 PM

Mate I did over 30 yrs of rotating shifts...get used to it...get over it and do your job.

BlueKoop · 24-07-2007, 09:31 PM

I work nights - 4 till 4am 3 nights a week. Love it, wouldn't have it any other way. I get 4 days off a week, get to sleep in and get paid way more than dayshift.

DOC · 24-07-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by EFIwindsor

god dam I have another stint of night duty. Started a new job last month in the emergency department and i am getting smashed with night duty. it is starting to me off.

What other fordforums members have to night duty???
how many do you have to do???

I think you have it easy, from yesterday i worked till 6 am this morning, went to bed, phones started ringing again at 9 am and have been going since and will not probably get back to bed until 6 am tomorrw morning.

So if im lucky i might get 6 hours sleep over 2 days the rest of the time is just work , no breaks, but its swings and roundabouts here, i will be taking the rest of the week off as i just booked myself a long weekend from wednesday through to next monday, bugger it, lifes to short.

Zed7fiddy · 24-07-2007, 10:02 PM

Im over night shift, been doing it for 6 years and ive had enough, in a few months i will enter the stressfull world of owning my own buisness as i build it from scratch.

Then ill wish i can go back to night work haha

Outbackjack · 24-07-2007, 10:09 PM

I do 2 X 12 hour days (24 hour break) 2 X 12 hour nights, then 4 days off. 6 weeks annual leave and get paid a dumpster full of $$ to do it. I could never go back and do the 5 day week thing. But if you love your job, like I do mine, you would work any hours you need. This shift means that I only work for 4 and a half months of the year......

SiKoRa_eL_97 · 24-07-2007, 10:13 PM

what do u do outback jack?

Ralliart · 24-07-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EFIwindsor

god dam I have another stint of night duty. Started a new job last month in the emergency department and i am getting smashed with night duty. it is starting to me off.

What other fordforums members have to night duty???
how many do you have to do???

Join The The Club mate I work 5 Nights 5 nights in row from Wednesday - Sunday - it so p*** me off espiallly Friday and Saturday, i can't go out anymore, it pays good at least 800 per week, i work in nightfill, my shifts are from 10pm - 6am and 11pm - 6am, it totally screws up your sleep patten

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svo347 · 24-07-2007, 10:20 PM

Went from 4 days on 4 off every 3rd stint a nite shift.
Then went 2 weeks 12 hr days 1 week off. to 4 weeks on 12 hr days 13 day f/nites 1 week off

HLC · 24-07-2007, 10:31 PM

im off to do nightshift at maccas right now. finish at 5am.

its bloody ridiculous. we are operating at a loss. if i get all my stuff done by say midnight or 1am, i can sit on my as5 for the last 4 hours.

Kommandant · 24-07-2007, 10:38 PM

i do 7pm-4:30am 4-5 nights a week, get paid for 8.5 (1hr meal break, hardly ever get to take it though) get like an extra $2/hr for nightshift, the boss put a note on the payslips saying they would make new AWAs for us because of the new fairness test Howard got made to put in, so hopefully we will get back a couple of benefits, especially nightshift allowance.

BlueKoop · 24-07-2007, 10:47 PM

Gotta love 30% loading as well (plus extra for workin 12hours) . . . what does everyone else get as loading?

daniel_rossy · 24-07-2007, 10:55 PM

wel im only 17, stil go to school and i usually start at 5.30 at maccas, get there at 5 and get paid from 5.30 and if we dont get there earlier than 5.30 we get yelled at :S

Van D · 24-07-2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by daniel_rossy

wel im only 17, stil go to school and i usually start at 5.30 at maccas, get there at 5 and get paid from 5.30 and if we dont get there earlier than 5.30 we get yelled at :S

So you should if you get to work late!

perthxr6t · 24-07-2007, 11:44 PM

Used to love the night shift you can get your jobs done with less hassle ( no bosses on your back all day ) and if your having a good shift get your work done and chill out till the next job comes along ( u/g shift fitter )

No drama's sleeping just rip into a few bourbons before bed...wake up and get into it till day shift comes along then home for a week.

Got some wicked stories of the stuff we got up to on shift work as others have no doubt.

SP.UTE1 · 25-07-2007, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Outbackjack

I do 2 X 12 hour days (24 hour break) 2 X 12 hour nights, then 4 days off. 6 weeks annual leave and get paid a dumpster full of $$ to do it. I could never go back and do the 5 day week thing. But if you love your job, like I do mine, you would work any hours you need. This shift means that I only work for 4 and a half months of the year......

I work exactly the same shifts mate. Wouldn't have it any other way now. If you're at work for 8 hours anyway, whats another 4 hours worth of work? If it means you get a 4 day break every 8 days, I'll do it any time. Plus 6-8 weeks annual leave/RDO's and $100K + wages, continental shifts are the way to go.

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PS I work in the chemical industry in Adelaide.

Outbackjack · 25-07-2007, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueKoop

Gotta love 30% loading as well (plus extra for workin 12hours) . . . what does everyone else get as loading?

Hate to tell you this but I get 90% of my TR. That is salary plus value of leased car and super. 30% is a loading amout that gets paid to Singaporians for shift work. This is part of the workchoices package that is being hoisted on to Australian workers. We told the people that we work for that if they try to force that onto us (12 of us) that we would simply all walk out on that day and not come back. Luckily for us there is only 12 people in Australia with the qualifications to do the job. They havn't tried anything as yet.

Van D · 25-07-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Outbackjack

Hate to tell you this but I get 90% of my TR. That is salary plus value of leased car and super. 30% is a loading amout that gets paid to Singaporians for shift work. This is part of the workchoices package that is being hoisted on to Australian workers. We told the people that we work for that if they try to force that onto us (12 of us) that we would simply all walk out on that day and not come back. Luckily for us there is only 12 people in Australia with the qualifications to do the job. They havn't tried anything as yet.

What do you do outbackjack?

[Tonko] · 25-07-2007, 01:36 AM

It was kind of night shift, i mean it was dark...
Used to work 5am till 4pm at an abbitoir (sp?)
Then drive 40K's home, shower, sometimes eat..
Then work 5pm - 10pm at a bottle shop.
I was like a zombie the whole time though, only thing that made me laugh during the few months i did it was watching a kid fall off a bike...
But worth it for $25/hr for a 20 y.o

SPK-250 · 25-07-2007, 01:51 AM

I work Arvos at WALKERS. My shift is from 3:20pm to 11:40pm Monday to Friday and i think it is all right.

SiKoRa_eL_97 · 25-07-2007, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by popinfresh

What do you do outbackjack?

Yes what do u do?

gazza750 · 25-07-2007, 02:15 AM

i used to work 4 on 4 off permanent night shift 5:30 pm til 4:30 am (7 years of it in a brick works now im a milko i work 1 am 9 am 5 mornings a week
i couldnt handle working daylight jobs again
peace and quiet at night and stuff all traffic on the roads

BlueKoop · 25-07-2007, 02:18 AM

Worst thing is this forum is pretty dull at night. (I'm at work now)

knighto42 · 25-07-2007, 02:21 AM

Could be worse guys - at least you're getting paid for it.

Copped the midnight phone call from security tonight and we were broken into so I'm now waiting (unpaid) for a locksmith to turn up to fix the door so I can go home.

Kommandant · 25-07-2007, 02:40 AM

I usually call our clients around 2-4am about break and enters, 12am is quite early for a B&E.

We had one night were we had to call our 24hr emergency glassie out for about 6 different broken windows on 6 different locations, between about 10pm and 5am, naturally he ran out of boards. Luckily though we have 3 cars around town where I work, so we caught atleast one of the bastards earlier on, apparently though the police let him go, and more were broken later that night.

merlin · 25-07-2007, 02:46 AM

this night stuff sucks!

I am a 9 to 5 guy usually and got the emergency call to come in at midnight tonight - will be here till 8am...dont know how you guys do it. 3 coffees, dunked my head underwater, I'm struggling lol!

BLACKAUXR8 · 25-07-2007, 04:15 AM

I work 6pm-6am monday to thursday and have done for nearly 5 years. I love it and you cant complain about the money!! i dont know to many 21 yr olds that earn over 80k a year. Amen to the night shift!!!!

PS while im at work the boss's arent so i can go on the forums and talk to other people hahaha

knighto42 · 25-07-2007, 04:28 AM

OK - doesn't this just top off a spectacular night. Midnight call-out to a B&E at work... stuck there for 2 hours... then on the way home I hit a ####ing kangaroo.

Aparently bad things come in 3's... might hve to stay in bed tomorrow...

Tles · 25-07-2007, 04:41 AM

11pm - 7.30 (Sun)Mon - Friday permanent N/S Home 8am, breakie with Mrs & kids, sleep school hours and off from Friday morning till Sunday night. Then there's shift loading...

Us vamps don't have it to bad.

Zed7fiddy · 25-07-2007, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BLACKAUXR8

I work 6pm-6am monday to thursday and have done for nearly 5 years. I love it and you cant complain about the money!! i dont know to many 21 yr olds that earn over 80k a year. Amen to the night shift!!!!

PS while im at work the boss's arent so i can go on the forums and talk to other people hahaha

Where do you work and get me a job lol