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Friends who work shift work, tell us how you do it!

2008-03-01View Original

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We work in Shift 4 with a 2-shift rotation; it seems that apart from working and sleeping, we don’t have any other time at all. I think those who work in Shift 4 with this rotation are extremely tired, and it’s utterly inhumane!
Reply #22008-03-01
Shifts of 4 hours with 2 shifts per day – that’s great!! There’s plenty of free time to use for further learning*
Reply #32008-03-01
Shift 4: 3 shifts per week, 8 hours per shift – Bai Bai Xiao Xiao**
Reply #42008-03-01
Under normal circumstances, it is 4 shifts with 3 rotations; if there is a shortage of staff, the morning and afternoon shifts are combined. However, the night shift does not need to be combined.
Reply #52008-03-02
Shift 4 involves three shifts per week: 8 hours of work followed by 24 hours of rest. The morning shift runs from 0:00 to 8:00, the midday shift from 8:00 to 16:00, and the evening shift from 16:00 to 24:00. In addition, a pre-shift meeting must be held half an hour before work starts.
Reply #62008-03-02
We work in shift 2 of class 4; it feels pretty good – we have plenty of free time
Reply #72008-03-02
Shift 5 with four shifts per day, six hours per shift – very comfortable
Reply #82008-03-02
Three shifts a day, working every day for eight hours. It’s not easy! ! !
Reply #92008-03-02
We also work in two shifts per day, four days a week; it feels fine. But sometimes, during our break time, the managers assign us work, and no overtime pay is given for that. We can’t refuse, otherwise we might have our salaries deducted – there’s nothing we can do! Workers, it’s hard!
Reply #102008-03-04
With the four-shift system, there seems to be plenty of time. On the other hand, it feels like there’s no free time during the day shift.
Reply #112008-03-04
Here we have a four-shift, three-shift system. 8 hours of work,
Reply #122008-03-04
Shift 4, 3 shifts per week: “early rest, early sleep; night rest, night sleep; midday rest, midday rest”, not as good as those above, but better than those below
Reply #132008-03-04
There are three shifts in Shift 4: an 8-hour shift followed by 24 hours of rest. The night shift runs from 0:00 to 8:00, the day shift from 8:00 to 16:00, and the short night shift from 16:00 to 24:00. A pre-shift meeting is held half an hour before work starts. There is plenty of free time, so if one wants to learn something, they have time to read books, which is quite good. But after working shifts for a long time, one tends to want to work on a regular day shift, as life becomes irregular. Do other colleagues share this thought?
Reply #142008-03-05
Shift 5 operates on a three-shift system, with shifts being \"early, midday, night, sub-early, sub-midday, sub-night\"; each shift lasts 8 hours. The early shift runs from 8:00 to 15:30, the midday shift from 15:30 to 22:30, and the night shift extends up to 22:30 to 8:00.
Reply #152008-03-30
Four shifts per day, eight hours of work followed by 24 hours of rest – it’s exhausting! The three-shift system in Class 5 is still better! Eight hours of work, thirty-two hours of rest! There's time!
Reply #162008-03-30
Working shifts already leads to an irregular lifestyle, and over time, the biological clock gets disrupted. . . Even the concept of time is gone. Here, it’s shift 4 with a 3-shift rotation: 8 hours of work per day, 6 days on duty and 2 days off. I heard there is also a shift system of 5 shifts per week. . . . 6 hours of work per day
Reply #172008-03-30
I have worked in shifts of five days on and two days off, as well as shifts of four days on and two days off. I’ve experienced both. There’s no doubt that Class 5 is better than Class 4, and Class 6 is even better (don’t laugh; such companies do exist—undoubtedly they are monopolistic state-owned enterprises)! Actually, no one wants to work shifts, but when you can’t change that, you just have to accept it calmly. It is recommended that the original poster establish a proper routine for their daily life, find a schedule that suits them, and make good use of their limited free time to improve themselves – only by accumulating experience can one achieve success! Wish you can return to regular work soon as well.
Reply #182008-03-30
Hehe, fortunately we don’t have shift work... But I’ve seen those who work in three-shift rotations; it’s exhausting... especially the shifts in the early morning.
Reply #192008-03-30
I really want to work the day shift too; shifting shifts is too exhausting, and it disrupts my routine

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