[139722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 365x24x7
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Ringsmuth)
Mon Apr 18 09:58:18 2011
From: Andy Ringsmuth <andyring@inebraska.com>
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:58:12 -0500
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\On Apr 18, 2011, at 7:59 AM, Aaron Wendel wrote:
> My guys work 12 hour shifts. 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days =
off, 2 on 3 off. The three days on is always friday-sunday so every =
other weekend they either have a 3 day weekend or 3 days of work.
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> In a pay period, with 30 minute lunch per shift it comes to 80.5 =
hours. I keep my guys on the same shifts for consistancy.
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> Aaron
My wife is a nurse working second shift, 12-hour shifts, 7p-7a =
(actually 6:45p to 7:15a to allow for a little overlap). Her hospital =
has it worked out on a 6-week schedule, with Wednesdays being the new =
pay week. Nurses there work 3 days a week, for 36 hours.
Here's how they do it (these are calendar weeks)
Week 1 - Su M T F Sa Su
Week 2 - W
Week 3 - M T W
Week 4 - M T F Sa Su
Week 5 - Th
Week 6 - M T
I know this is also a decades-long struggle in the railroad industry too =
(My business does a lot of contract work with that industry). In =
particular locomotive engineers and conductors. 100 percent on-call, =
maximum 12-hours on duty with 10 off (recently changed from 8). Fatigue =
is quite critical there too, you don't want an engineer falling asleep =
pulling a train full of HazMat.
For datacenter work, I'd think a schedule like the above would be =
doable. You end up working every third weekend, and yes, weeks 1 and 4 =
aren't pleasant, it's followed by a 1-day week so you've got plenty of =
time to recover.
-Andy=
