Workin saturdays

[Gas Man]

Yeah it sucks... but there are other perks.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah it sucks... but there are other perks.

thats how I look at it here, I usualy take sun nights here because its usualy an easy shift and the 2 docs that work every sun night are the best to work with so its always a good night, but I am interested in this other gig just to work 3 instead of 4 days seems kinda nice.

Tom

[Gas Man]

Shit mine is 7 days, 2 days off, 7 nites, 5 days off, repeat.

12 hr on call shifts, get paid 8hrs regardless if I only work 3, 6, or 8hrs. If I work 9hrs I get that 1 hr of OT, same for 10hrs = 2OT, and so on. Generally day shift is 8hrs period cause its just busier. So I'm sallary non-exempt.

The perk is that I can easily just put in a 3 or 4 hr and get paid for 8hrs. However, if I work 4hrs, they just paid me 4hrs to be on call for 8. So I only got half pay for 8hrs of on call time. When on call I can't drink, and have a 45min leash to my station.

[caveman]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I work 2 out of 3 weekends. One w/e I'm on days, the next on nights, the next off... repeat.

On nights this w/e. YEA

Spend some time this afternoon on the phone and lots of emails during my off time. Guess what I get for being the new bosses, Safety and Policy Pt Man. More work, same pay.

But Gas Man,
You may have to go into work two of three w/e's but you sometimes may only have to stay for like 3 or 4 hours unless you have a busy one then I feel for ya.

My schedule is kind of crazy, but only have to work 2 w/e's per 5 weeks. I work a 5 week rotating shift. work Days - Fri Sat Sun (Off Mon Tue-Fri) training Days Mon-Thur (Off Fri Sat and Sun) nights Mon - Wed (Off for 7 days) nights Thur - Sun. Did you get that?

However, my scheduled days or nights are 12 hr shifts only get to leave when relieved.

Who can top that

[Ducati Diva]

I work every Saturday.

Yesterday was particularly brutal. Four hours on one motorcycle wreck. This poor idiot went into a curve way to hot (estimated by aftermath about 100 mph) missed the curve and went off the side of the mountain. He went about 150 feet down the mountain bouncing off trees as he went. Finally a big tree stopped him. The bike went about 225 feet. It was pretty well straight down. It was pure hell trying to get him back up to put him on the chopper. He was still alive when we sent him off but it was not looking good. As you can imagine the bike was in pieces and it took about an hour an a half to get it back up.

Off today so don't know what his condition is but hope he pulls through.

[Gas Man]

Nobody understands ur sked cave! But remember I could have to stay the whole 12hrs. Or how about last night, didn't hv to go in till 3am till abt 8am. But no sleep for me... cause I'm use to being up till abt 3am anyway. So now its 0830 and I still haven't slept.

[marko138]

I do not miss working weekends. FUCK THAT. I did that shit long enough.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

I fixed my table saw today.

The up and down thingy wasn't going up and down anymore.

Now it is.

I'm having a beer.

JC

was watchin that show where they record stuff w/ a super slo mo camera, and they had this device that would stop a sawblade "at speed" if it touched human skin.......destroyed the saw , but man it was awesome. and dude showed w/ his own finger as evidence it worked.

worked off the electromagentic properties of your skin.