TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Been offered the opportunity for a couple of months to work 2 twelve hour shifts per week, Saturday day 7am-7pm and Sunday night 7pm-7am. Then have the rest of the week off, in exchange for the same pay as a normal working week of Monday-Friday (8 hour shifts). Is this worth having no social life for? Social life/happiness or less time at work. Decisions. Edited January 13, 2017 by TheGingerQuiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Worth it. You can see people during the week and ffs you get loads of free time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20039 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Good opportunity to catch up with countdown and homes under the hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20039 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I'd actually be quite tempted by that if I was young with mates who were students or were around during the day to get blunted with rather than pushing 40 with two kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Free time at my skintest part of the year, where i'd usually be working more hours to offset December impulse buys which last year would have added at least a year to my retirement age. I've decided I'll only do it for them if I can work a couple of days through the week too, then I still get 3 days off and earn more money. This will be just one of my many demands because I know none of the other cunts will want to do it so I might be able to exploit the situation. Alternatively, Chez - give 'es some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26738 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 For a couple of months I'd happily do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 All you's could do it and stream the fucking football in your office chair though, I'd be grafting here, missing the lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39071 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 But you'll be able to watch Jeremy Kyle with your Mam during the week. Special times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Been offered the opportunity for a couple of months to work 2 twelve hour shifts per week, Saturday day 7am-7pm and Sunday night 7pm-7am. Then have the rest of the week off, in exchange for the same pay as a normal working week of Monday-Friday (8 hour shifts). Is this worth having no social life for? Social life/happiness or less time at work. Decisions.If you're a knob with no mates, no lass and none on the horizon, no interest in football, no kids and not likely to be attending any social events which usually happen on weekends....... Then I'd snap their hands off. Otherwise you'll be sick as fuck within weeks. These things also have a habit of lasting longer than any time period they bullshit you with in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Well when you put it like that, it's a no-brainer. If they agree to my midweek demands then I'm in! The place is more laid back on a weekend too, no management about etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20039 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Nob with no mates, no lass and none on the horizon then? Name change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16952 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Been offered the opportunity for a couple of months to work 2 twelve hour shifts per week, Saturday day 7am-7pm and Sunday night 7pm-7am. Then have the rest of the week off, in exchange for the same pay as a normal working week of Monday-Friday (8 hour shifts). Is this worth having no social life for? Social life/happiness or less time at work. Decisions. If it's only for a couple of months I'd do it. I used to take a Monday & Tuesday off and goto the lakes as it was quieter and easier to get a place to stay etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6057 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 If someone let me work Saturday day shift and Sunday night shift for a 40hour wage I'd snap their hands off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Exactly. Mental not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20039 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Yeah but we all know you two haven't got any mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I did every other Sat, every single Sunday, Mon and Tues for nearly two years, 12 hrs, six months of days the rest permanent nights. Without a doubt the worst shift pattern I've ever experienced and I was borderline homicidal by the end. If I was a knob, no lass, none on the horizon etc, it would've been tickety boo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Yeah but we all know you two haven't got any mates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Maybe it's an age thing, but do you guys not find you can meet people and have drinks during the week? Most of my socialising is mid week these days. After work drinks etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Maybe it's an age thing, but do you guys not find you can meet people and have drinks during the week? Most of my socialising is mid week these days. After work drinks etc.Depending what you do do for a living, 12hr shifts are basically days of your life gone. You also need at least a day off to pull yourself together especially if you finish on a nightshift as you still end up working 6/7 hours of your first day 'off' then get home and sleep a few more hours, (but not too many as you need to get back in synch with sleeping at night again). Working constant weekends is thoroughly depressing, I've worked weekends for years but always had about half of them off at the very least so to do every single one isn't something I'd recommend. As I've also mentioned, moves like this by companies always has them pronouncing a time period, 'it'll definitely be finished by ...x,y,z,' and this is usually a wild guess on their part and if they're wrong? So fucking what? It's not them who'll be sitting around on Saturday afternoon twiddling their fingers waiting to do a Saturday nightshift while the rest of the world parties/chills/does whatever they fucking like BECAUSE IT'S THE FUCKING WEEKEND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Lost the wife's aunt this morning and we got to tell her we loved her last night. Lovely lady and finally gets to join Josef her older Polish refugee husband who fought against the Nazis. Pleased he never got to see the rise of UKIP and the daily hate shit these days. A lovely couple reunited. RIP Noreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Condolences mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Condolences mate.I'm OK, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20039 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Sorry to hear that HMHM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9103 Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 If you can get the timeframe in writing I'd do the shifts. You can still go out with your mates after work on Saturday. I used to work all kinds of fucked up patterns and it was fine, plus the extra cash meant I could afford to do loads more interesting stuff than a few pints down the pub on a Friday. The killer was when I had 3 night shifts 19:00-07:00 Thurs-Sat, followed by days Mon-Wed 07:00-19:00. That Sunday was mental, waking up around 13:00 and needing to force yourself asleep 10 hours later. You make a bit for unsocial hours, plus you save money by missing out on Fri & Sat. Meant that the next time you went out, you could go mental without really denting your bank account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Well, after the wife had an assessment from some 'medical professional' about the move from DLA to PIP, quelle fucking surprise, they must've stopped her award. I say 'must've' not 'have' as we've only found out from a letter today from motability telling us they'll be taking our car on the 28th this month and if we're in the middle of an appeal they'll still be taking the car. So, considering we haven't even found out from the DWP yet about their decision, (but they were quick enough to inform motability), I'm not holding out much hope of getting a decision about an appeal before the car goes, leaving us without any transport. This is the fucking state of this country now, victimisation of the disabled and their families. The 'medical professional' was a joke, clearly scripted and the non examination had us suspecting the worst at the time, the kid couldn't even pronounce her condition and appeared to never have even heard of it. It's just as well these things are done over the phone as I'm fucking raging here, mind. I'd personally love to have a discussion about this with Ian Duncan Smith or one of the party members who have taken over the reins but I'm not sure whether the NHS would be keen on treating them after a discussion. Fucking shaking with rage, here. They blatantly haven't looked at any notes from doctors, professors and specialists at all. Pleased CT isn't on here ATM as I'm not in the mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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