What Shift Do Work?

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What Shift Do You Work?

  • 1st Shift

    Votes: 6 50.0%

  • 2nd Shift

    Votes: 2 16.7%

  • 3rd Shift

    Votes: 4 33.3%
  • Total voters
    12
12-2230.

I'm not a morning person so I love it. I can run errands before work, no traffic going to or from work, get out early enough to go out after work.

It would be really hard to work this shift all the time as a parent of a school aged kid. But I'm single with a dog, so it works.


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Either 8 to 6 or 11 to 9 four days a week, if I work 8 to 6 the other pharmacist works the 11 to 7. Only 1 pharmacist on the weekend though.


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Either 9-9, 9-7, or 11-9. I wish I was working second or third shift. The main reason is my natural sleep tendencies. But another is traffic. I'm already tired of driving an hour to work in the morning. Off-rush hour it's only like 30 minutes.
 
8-5 Mon-friday but I'm pushing the schedule to change to 7 on 7 off 12h shift daytime so I get to be off 1/2 a year pursuing other passions. Might just get approved (70% chance) by my the boss since I'm threatening to quit lol.
 
1p-1130p

As a mom with two (very) young kids its good and bad. Bad is hubbs works his 9-5 and is Mr mom on the days I work. It will be bad when theyre in school and I miss activities. On the other hand, if theyre sick I have plenty of time to take them to drs appts. On normal days I drop them off at daycare and either workout, run errands or clean the house until my shift. Once Im able to stop picking up shifts on my 7 off it will be pretty darned awesome.
 
8:30 - 7 x 4 days/wk.

Pros
Being a fixed schedule is good, so you don't close at 10pm on one night then have to be back to open at 8am the next day.
7pm is not too late so you don't miss dinner with family or friends.
10 hr x 4 is great so you get the extra day off, for stuff that needs to be done on a weekday during 'banker's hours'.
We can swap shifts with coworkers if needed, for more flexibility.

Cons
10 hrs is a bit tiring for some people, especially if you have a long commute, but I have no problems there.
It's busier during those hours, compared to at night.
 
7am-3pm, 8 am to 4pm, or 9 am to 5 pm Monday to friday. No weekends, no nights, no on calls, no holidays. 🙂

Pros: stable and I can go home when it's bright outside. If you have a family, this schedule is amazing.

Cons: when I worked retail, I worked a lot of closing and weekend shifts. But it was nice to have weekdays off to run errands/go on interviews, and not have to request a few hours off for appointments
 
I have to say, after 5 years of doing 4 10s, every time I interview for a 5-day a week job I'm like "nope."

I love having a random Tuesday or Thursday off.


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I am surprised that so many people have fixed shifts. I was going to say there should have been an option(s) in voting for multiple shifts, because its been my experience that the majority of pharmacists work varying shifts. Retail, probably more so than hospital. Even pharmacy jobs that are "mostly" 1st shift or "mostly" 2nd shift, usually involve at least a couple of oddball shifts each pay period.
 
msweph said:
I 100% agree.

We recently relocated and literally every job I interviewed for was either 5 8s no weekends, or 4 10s with every other weekend or the worst--- 5 8s every other weekend.

I would be ecstatic if I moved to 10s.
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5-8s every other weekend is the worst, especially when the days fall in such a way that you are working 8 or 9 days in a row with no overtime.
 
7 on 7 off 1200-2230.
Pro: Biweekly 'vacation' / know my exact schedule til armageddon
Con: Can only go on dates every other weekend
Love the schedule, even turned down a better offer at a much closer location
 
msweph said:
I want this schedule.
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It's great but by days6-8 I'm a terrible human being.

Sometimes to maximize PTO my work partner and I will do some 8 on/6 off action. Those 6 off are great, but sometimes days 7 and 8 are quite trying...


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i work seven on seven off too but mine is 2100-0700. i love it but i am getting off it in a month. too hectic if you want to start a family, so i am throwing myself into a rotating pool where i dont have a set schedule at all and not as much time off, sigh. we will see how it works out but i will definitely miss the seven on, seven off but wont miss the working overnights part of it


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7 on/7 off 2100-0700.

Pros: More family time than evening shift. I'm home for dinner every single night! Regular schedule and I can actually plan my life more than 2 weeks in advance. Lots of time to take trips (without using PTO), do other hobbies, or just get doctor/dentist appointments in. Hardly any traffic. Wearing only scrubs or pajamas during the week on makes laundry easier. 🙂

Cons: During the 7 on, pretty much all I do is work and sleep. My spouse is a workaholic, so household chores often get neglected. If you're the only pharmacist on your shift, you have no one to bounce ideas off of.
 
How do you guys get weekdays on and weekends off shifts?

It'll be helpful if you also mention where you work - retail, hospital, LTC, etc.


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JanuviaGrl said:
How do you guys get weekdays on and weekends off shifts?

It'll be helpful if you also mention where you work - retail, hospital, LTC, etc.


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I work in informatics. M-F, no weekends or holidays. I consider this schedule my reward for busting my ass the past three years and working alternating shifts plus every other weekend.

I think you'll find most administrative and purely clinical positions are typically M-F. Good shifts at a hospital that respects its experienced staff will also let them work regular days and few to no weekends as well.
 
I don't have the personality to work from home. I could barely study at home as a student! But I'm glad other people have better attention spans than I do!


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My work schedule is somewhat unique. I'm salaried at "40" hrs/week, and I generally split my schedule between 7-4 or 10-7. The only hard rule is that I work 4 days a week. Those shifts can vary as I can decide to work an 8 hour shift or a 12 hour shift (which can count as "2" days). I work 1 weekend a month, but saturday and sunday shifts are 7-2, and they count as the 2 of 4 days that I work a week.
 
msweph said:
I agree- my last job I worked tons of shifts. Even the Day shift people moved around which shift they worked a lot. The longer you were there, the more "good" shifts you got.

That being said- I loved rotating shifts, and wish I had them still at my current job.

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I hope I like the rotating schedule as much as you did, I am like super nervous about it, getting off seven on seven off and becoming rotating -.-


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I am hospital staffing and work 7:30-4. I do swing shifts but only 1-2 a month to afternoons, so I mostly consider myself to have a fixed schedule. I work every 4th weekend. It's pretty great. The benefits to working days are that a lot more is going on, there is more interesting stuff to do, you work with more people, etc. But on afternoons all the clinicals are gone and so you sometimes get more leeway to make your own recs instead of turfing stuff upstairs so you don't step on their toes.

Realistically how much you like your job depends a heck of a lot more on who you work with and who you work for than the shift.
 
DesiRX said:
Please help me get a job like yours. lol. I'd love to work from home, does it pay well?
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It was fun at first but now l'm over it. I fell like I stopped caring about myself. It's work, work and more work. I still work retail PRN and I'm picking more retail shifts just to have real human interaction and get out of the house.
It depends on what you call pay well. I took a $5/ hr pay cut to do it because I needed to get out of retail to protect my license. I spend less now because I hardly go anywhere so I didn't feel the difference in pay.
 
Estrace said:
It was fun at first but now l'm over it. I fell like I stopped caring about myself. It's work, work and more work. I still work retail PRN and I'm picking more retail shifts just to have real human interaction and get out of the house.
It depends on what you call pay well. I took a $5/ hr pay cut to do it because I needed to get out of retail to protect my license. I spend less now because I hardly go anywhere so I didn't feel the difference in pay.
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i have been working overnights for two years and i know what you mean about not having human contact


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Estrace said:
It was fun at first but now l'm over it. I fell like I stopped caring about myself. It's work, work and more work. I still work retail PRN and I'm picking more retail shifts just to have real human interaction and get out of the house.
It depends on what you call pay well. I took a $5/ hr pay cut to do it because I needed to get out of retail to protect my license. I spend less now because I hardly go anywhere so I didn't feel the difference in pay.
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Your comment about not caring about yourself really hit home for me. I've had people in my life that were unemployed, and I saw the same in them. I think there is something important about getting out of bed, making yourself presentable, and going out into public every day.
 
2030-0700: 7 on 7 off

Pros
- 7 off is amazing for travel
- no traffic
- no management breathing down your neck. they be sleepin
- shift differential is pretty hefty

Cons
- that zombie day when you come off nights
- zombie mode during on week (work, sleep, gym, repeat)
- have to spend quite a bit of time "getting ready" to work before 7 on (meal prep, laundry, errands)

Overall its fantastic. Gonna cry when I eventually move a rotating evening position.
 
lane one said:
2030-0700: 7 on 7 off

Pros
- 7 off is amazing for travel
- no traffic
- no management breathing down your neck. they be sleepin
- shift differential is pretty hefty

Cons
- that zombie day when you come off nights
- zombie mode during on week (work, sleep, gym, repeat)
- have to spend quite a bit of time "getting ready" to work before 7 on (meal prep, laundry, errands)

Overall its fantastic. Gonna cry when I eventually move a rotating evening position.
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I feel your pain buddy. I did overnights for two years and I am just coming off of them, gonna miss the time off for sure. I traveled a lot and when I wasnt traveling, I picked up shifts in retail


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