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Work 5 Am-3Pm Sunday and Monday, have Tuesday off, work 5 AM-3PM Wednesday and Thursday, have Friday and Saturday off

I'd rather have 3 days off in a row if I was working 4-10s.

I would definitely take that over my 8-5. Starting at 5 would kinda suck but it's worth it and there are less people out at that time.

Revelation34 posted...

I'd rather have 3 days off in a row if I was working 4-10s.

Eh I prefer having the third day in the middle.

I hated my job still, and the days could feel super long, but I actually enjoyed my 3x12 third shift position while it was available. Suffer for 3 days and then have 4 days off, every week. Totally worth, imo. If I could do that w/ my current job, it'd be perfect.

Id rather live on the street than start work at 5am

also the push for 4 day work weeks means 32 hour weeks with the same pay, not 4 ten hour days

i work 9/80s. We work 9 hours a day, but 8 hours on Friday, and get every other friday off as a result. Its probably my favorite system ive ever worked under.

I work a 4x10 rotating schedule, every third week I get a 5 day weekend. It's pretty nice.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

i work 9/80s. We work 9 hours a day, but 8 hours on Friday, and get every other friday off as a result. Its probably my favorite system ive ever worked under.

Same here. Sadly, today is my Friday on.

Spurner posted...

Same here. Sadly, today is my Friday on.

ah today is my off Friday. Guess were flipped lol

I am doing 8-630

I loved 4 10's

You're already at work, whats another 2 hours.

@TheGoldenEel

Id rather live on the street than start work at 5am

also the push for 4 day work weeks means 32 hour weeks with the same pay, not 4 ten hour days

4/10 is literally a thing in various jobs. Especially in government. I work 4 days a week, on a 10 hour shift, and get 3 days off.

It was choice provided to me. I had the option of:
5/8s. Which is the typical 5 day 8 hour shift.

4/9s. Work 4 days at 9 hour shifts, and bi weekly I work a 5th day for 8 hours. (My last job I did this.)

Or 4/10s. Which is work 4 days for 10 hours.

Yeah, I had a four ten-hour schedule back when I was single and in my twenties, and enjoyed it a lot. Doubt that I'd still be a fan at forty with kids, though.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

i work 9/80s. We work 9 hours a day, but 8 hours on Friday, and get every other friday off as a result. Its probably my favorite system ive ever worked under.

Never heard of this. So you work 9hrs mon-thur and 8hrs on Friday? And then get atleast 3 Fridays off a month?

I prefer shorter work days. I'd do 7x5ish hour days if that was an option. Once I'm up and about, I'm more productive in other aspects too. If I don't have a real reason to force me out of bed, then I simply won't.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

i work 9/80s. We work 9 hours a day, but 8 hours on Friday, and get every other friday off as a result. Its probably my favorite system ive ever worked under.

That's what we had and then switched to 4/10s a couple years ago. I like the 4/10s more. I work 6 am - 4:30 pm on weekdays, which is rough, but have every Monday off. Half of us have every Friday off to make sure someone is here at all times. So for me, Friday is a very chill and relaxed day since no one is here. I don't think I can go back to 2 day weekends.

Do you work most of those hours or is it like my office job where you're on your phone a lot

I get to the office at like 9:15 and leave at 4:30, I'm getting close to a 32 hour work week simply via sloth.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

i work 9/80s. We work 9 hours a day, but 8 hours on Friday, and get every other friday off as a result. Its probably my favorite system ive ever worked under.

We call that 5-4-9 where I'm at, and it's what im on. We also rigged the schedule so that most of our off Fridays fall during a holiday weekend, giving us a free four day vacation.

Damn, here I am working 5/11-13hr days:/

Prismsblade posted...

Damn, here I am working 5/11-13hr days:/

Hope youre hourly

modena posted...

Never heard of this. So you work 9hrs mon-thur and 8hrs on Friday? And then get atleast 3 Fridays off a month?

It depends on when the Fridays fall in the month, but essentially yes.

Its seems to be getting more common.

I'm off every single weekend. It's the best

modena posted...

Never heard of this. So you work 9hrs mon-thur and 8hrs on Friday? And then get atleast 3 Fridays off a month?

You don't necessarily get 3 Friday's off in a month, it depends on how the dates line up in a month. Like in a month with only 4 Fridays you'll work two and be off two.

Basically week 1 you work "9, 9, 9 ,9, 8" for a total of 44 hours. Then week 2 you work "9, 9, 9, 9, off" for a total of 36 hours. So it still works out to the same 80 hours every 2-week paycheck, but you're only working 9 shifts instead of 10.

I have a buddy with this schedule and he absolutely loves it.

geno_16 posted...

You don't necessarily get 3 Friday's off in a month, it depends on how the dates line up in a month. Like in a month with only 4 Fridays you'll work two and be off two.

Basically week 1 you work "9, 9, 9 ,9, 8" for a total of 44 hours. Then week 2 you work "9, 9, 9, 9, off" for a total of 36 hours. So it still works out to the same 80 hours every 2-week paycheck, but you're only working 9 shifts instead of 10.

I have a buddy with this schedule and he absolutely loves it.

I do mine so it's 9,9,9,9,9
Then 9,9,9, 8.
Gives me just one extra hour on that three day weekend.

modena posted...

Never heard of this. So you work 9hrs mon-thur and 8hrs on Friday? And then get atleast 3 Fridays off a month?

Looking at my 2024 schedule, I see two months where it works out that I have 3 Fridays off.

Spurner posted...

Hope youre hourly

I am, we also get holiday off with pay which helps along with 10 days of PTO which is just barely enough to keep me mentally stable.

Honestly I didnt care for that. Im much happier with the five 8s. Well, sort of. When I did the four 10s, I worked 7:30 - 6:00. I would get home from work around 6:30, and I typically wake up around 5:00. I felt like I had NO time during those four days and if I had to do anything, it was locked into the three days I had off.

But now my schedule is a bit different. I do 7 - 6 from home on Sundays, 7- 3:30 on Mondays, 7 - 2:30 Tuesday - Thursday (but Ill stay till 3:30 some days for overtime).

But even without the long Sunday and shorter days, Im still much happier leaving work at 3:30 five days a week because Ive still got the whole afternoon to do stuff in addition to my days off.