DH has an interview for a job with continental shifts - 2 days on, 2 nights on, 4 days off.
The pay's not brilliant but it will hopefully get us moved to where we want to be, it will be a good career job for DH and most importantly it's a permanent contract which DH hasn't had for over a year (and with things looking a bit grim in the next few years a permanent job would be a huge bonus, we're a bit tired of flying by the seat of our pants!)
The only downer is that apart from it being an hours commute each way (on top of a 12 hour shift) - does working these patterns screw you up? If you switch between day and night shifts on a pattern like this does it not mess up your body clock? And does having four days off work well or is it all a bit annoying and random? There'll be a couple of days where DH won't see the DCs but I suppose there'll be other days where he can make up for it. It might limit my ability to work regular hours and manage childcare too.
Does it work for you? Any advice/thoughts please?
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Continental shifts - do you or your DP/DH work them? Are they good or a nightmare?
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bintofbohemia · 30/10/2010 11:23
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