Working hours question...
- Thread starter SixTwoSix
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You refused to work because you 'only' had 10 hours between shifts?
Thank the lord not everyone has that outlook
10 hours to drive from Brighton to York, find something to eat, get washed, sleep, then get up get read and drive 1 hour to the store.
It's 5 hours driving alone, so that would be a 6 hour drive to Brighton, do a 12 hour shift, drive 5 hours to York, sleep for about 3/4 hours, drive 1 hour to the store, do another 12 hour shift, then drive 2 hours home?
Sure.
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I get the feeling Gilly didn't read your second to last post....
In your situation, it sounds a very unreasonable request which they have seen and acted upon, all good.
I used to regularly do a 15 hour shift, 1hr + home in heavy traffic, 1/2 hour back in the following morning, so I was down to7.5hours realistic rest time before I even walked through the front door!
I ended up ill through these sort of hours and now have changed the work I do.
I now do relatively little driving, have not gone over a 13 hour shift in the three months I've been doing this and spend most of my day reading books and watching iPlayer on my phone!
I'm never going back to general haulage work again!
In your situation, it sounds a very unreasonable request which they have seen and acted upon, all good.
I used to regularly do a 15 hour shift, 1hr + home in heavy traffic, 1/2 hour back in the following morning, so I was down to7.5hours realistic rest time before I even walked through the front door!
I ended up ill through these sort of hours and now have changed the work I do.
I now do relatively little driving, have not gone over a 13 hour shift in the three months I've been doing this and spend most of my day reading books and watching iPlayer on my phone!
I'm never going back to general haulage work again!
In my workplace (supermarket) they ignore this but the job is so mind numbing that nobody cares anyway. It's not the end of the world if, due to tiredness, you accidentally scan an item twice and need it voiding. Some customers act like it though.