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Would you do this?

24 replies

LoveMyGirls · 18/03/2006 06:35

I've been asked to work........

wednesday evening
Thursday eve
friday eve
sat am (7am start)
come home for a few hours then go back at 6pm and come home at 10.30pm.
sun am and pm (like sat)

i've said no - would you do it?
(im just curious to know if im being unreasonable or well within my rights)

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carla · 18/03/2006 06:41

FGS, what do you do? No, no, and no. But let us know what job you do, first.

eldestgirl · 18/03/2006 07:07

That sounds like pub/bar work to me. NO! Your feet will be killing you!

salsa · 18/03/2006 07:36

Split shifts like that are quite common in the hospitality trade. I guess it depends if you need the money or not ?

Toots · 18/03/2006 07:38

It sounds a bit grim. If it was Saturday OR Sunday that might be different.

jambuttie · 18/03/2006 07:40

do you work in a pub/hotel by any chance?

I wouldn't do it i currently work mon-fri 5-10 and have my weekends to myself and my family

mrsmaddyd · 18/03/2006 07:41

You need to look at the laws on this. Im not sure exactly what the rules are but there is only a certain no of hours allowed in between shifts. We work in the leisure industry so is all shift work. 3 lates and then an early split is a definate no no. If the early shift wasnt a split and then was followed by a day off then prob would be ok. You need to look up your contract and rights on this.

Naughtynoonoo · 18/03/2006 08:46

Deff no, I just quit a job in the gym working behind the bar three evens per week and it killed me. I was getting home around 11.15 not getting to sleep till nearly 1 (you are in zomby mode making sure everything is sorted for the morning opening). DS would was waking around 2/3 then I had to get up at 7 to get dd ready for school. Its so lovely going to bed,hitting the pillow and having a lovely sleep, ds isn't really waking any more so there is the extra bonus there.

Don't know what hours you have been asked to do in the eves, but doing this and weekends you really wouldn't have much time to spend with your family - hope this helps

1980cat · 18/03/2006 09:16

I'd proably do it, but then again weekends and evening I have free childcare and I'd have all day with my Dd. At the momnet I work every evening and have weekends off but it would all come down to the fact if I need the money it's best time I can make.
Think it would be different if she was at school and the weekends were the only time I could see her.

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LoveMyGirls · 18/03/2006 13:40

im a carer and my children are aged 6mths and 6yrs

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GDG · 18/03/2006 13:42

Erm, I kind of do that anyway when I've got work - I'm a freelancer and work from home but I've got small children too. So I look after them during the day in the week and work at night. On the weekends, dh has them and I work full days if I have to. I've worked every night this last week from about 7pm to 10.30pm. Don't need to work this weekend though.

In answer to your question - I would do it if I needed the money but not if I didn't.

Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:42

I wouldn't do both weekend shifts, no. Can you not compromise somewhere? Perhaps one weekend on, one weekend off. Something like that?

hunkermunker · 18/03/2006 13:46

What time do you finish on Friday?

I've worked shifts and we weren't allowed to have fewer than 11 hours between the end of one and start of next.

That counts out doing till 10.30pm on Saturday and starting at 7am on the Sunday.

So I'd say no, don't do it. Probably I'd do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday out of the hours you've said.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 18/03/2006 13:48

no - why on earth should you be working 2 shifts on the same day - and definitely should have one wk/end on one off imo.

hunkermunker · 18/03/2006 13:50

One weekend on, one weekend off can be a nightmare to rota though, if the company's not used to doing it. I know it was for mine.

And split shifts v common in pubs, etc. I used to do them - had a four hour gap between 3 and 7, then back to pulling pints! That was before pubs were allowed to open all day though!

Rhubarb · 18/03/2006 13:52

If you have young kiddies at home, it's unfair to ask someone to work these hours. She can't possibly do both Sat and Sun like this!

I'd say NO and tell 'em to come up with a different shift pattern.

LadySherlockofLGJ · 18/03/2006 14:08

Hunker

Tell the truth you were drinking in them, before you were working in them.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 18/03/2006 15:11

"One weekend on, one weekend off can be a nightmare to rota though, if the company's not used to doing it. I know it was for mine. "

well they should get used to it - not that difficult!

Whizzz · 18/03/2006 15:20

Yes I think you are supposed to have a miminum break between shifts

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BadHair · 18/03/2006 16:29

Don't do it. It's not worth it. When I took my current job I used to do Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1-9pm, then 12-6 on Saturday and Sunday.
I was exhausted and we had zero quality family life. I did it because the IR effed up my tax credits and I had to find a way to work FT hours but without paying full priced childcare. I do know that long unsociable hours are just not worth it, whatever the money.

The really worrying thing is the split shifts as this effectively means that you get no family time on Sat and Sun.

Big fat NO NO NO NO NO.

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LoveMyGirls · 19/03/2006 06:37

thanks everyone ive decided to do it for this week but im not doing it again it has been really exhausting. i didnt get in til about 11pm last night and im off to work again now.

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Hulababy · 19/03/2006 08:30

I wouldn't, but I don't have the type of job that requires it.

Depends on your hoiw much you need the cash I guess.

tigermoth · 19/03/2006 08:32

I hope your employers agree to less weekend hours - it's a lot to expect of you. And as your 6 year old is presumably at school during the week, it means you have to wait till the school holidays to have a full day off with her. I used to have a full time mon - fri job and work weekends running a market stall. Sometimes just the Saturday, other times both saturday and sunday. Working all weekend was not something I'd recommend long term. OK for a few months if you need the money, otherwise, only possible if you make it an occasional thing.

hunkermunker · 19/03/2006 10:59

LGJ...

QoQ, there are about 40 people on the rota and it would be pretty hard. Not everyone works every weekend - they get an unpredictability allowance. I was on fixed hours, therefore they needed to know that I'd be in either every Sunday or none of them, rather than chopping and changing because it totally screwed up the rota for everyone else if there were four of us one week, then five the next, then four again. Makes perfect sense to me!

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LoveMyGirls · 21/03/2006 11:04

they have changed it a bit and im starting to think i wouldnt mind doing one split shift on the sat then early on sun have mon off n work tue, wed, thu eves n have fri off - im too scared to ring n tell them this after this weeks fuss, think ill tell them next week.

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