7pm to 7am – 2/3 on and 2/3 off

[weeowen]

Hi, any ideas what the above shift means in real terms as the 2/3 means not a lot to me atm.

[Robert Burns]

You would be working 7pm to 7am on what looks like a 2 or 3 days on and 2 or 3 days off.

[z4RRSchris]

fk that.

[YozzaUK]

That usually means a pattern like this:

Week 1 - Friday-Sunday working
Week 1 - Monday-Tuesday off
Week 1 - Wednesday-Thursday working
Week 2 - Friday-Sunday off
Week 2 - Monday-Tuesday working
Week 2 - Wednesday-Thursday off
Rinse and repeat.

I tried this for 6 months it wasn't as bad as 4 on 4 off (personally) but I vowed never to work 12 shifts ever again (regularly and without extra £££ at least)

[slow_poke]

YozzaUK said:

That usually means a pattern like this:

Week 1 - Friday-Sunday working
Week 1 - Monday-Tuesday off
Week 1 - Wednesday-Thursday working
Week 2 - Friday-Sunday off
Week 2 - Monday-Tuesday working
Week 2 - Wednesday-Thursday off
Rinse and repeat.

I tried this for 6 months it wasn't as bad as 4 on 4 off (personally) but I vowed never to work 12 shifts ever again (regularly and without extra £££ at least)

That's a weird way of describing it. I can't seem to wrap my head around that description at all. Try this, essentially the same info but presented differently:

Week 1 - Monday-Tuesday working
Week 1 - Wednesday-Thursday off
Week 1 - Friday-Sunday working

Week 2 - Monday-Tuesday off
Week 2 - Wednesday-Thursday working
Week 2 - Friday-Sunday off

Rinse and repeat.

Is that better?

I spent 15 years working that cycle but with alternative days/nights built in to make a 4 week cycle. It was excellent.