some advice please

[susanq]

Hubby works away Monday to Thursday, 3 out of 4 weeks. He's done this for the last 14 years. I'm used to it, and we make the most of weekends. We don't have children and SOMETIMES it can get lonely. The alternative is we move 'down south' but we both love living in North Yorkshire. Beautiful.

[dieseluser07]

Riknos said:

I used to work 12 hour shifts - 4 on 4 off 2 days 2 nights.

It was hard for my wife as we were recently married and she didn't know anybody around here so didn't have many friends to do things with on the weekends I was working. It did put a strain on our relationship and after a year I quit for less money but better hours so make sure you have the option of going back to normal working hours in the future

That sounds good 2 days 2 nights then off for 4 lol

My fiance has plenty of friends

[dieseluser07]

susanq said:

Hubby works away Monday to Thursday, 3 out of 4 weeks. He's done this for the last 14 years. I'm used to it, and we make the most of weekends. We don't have children and SOMETIMES it can get lonely. The alternative is we move 'down south' but we both love living in North Yorkshire. Beautiful.

You dont want to move down south everything cost more haha

[Yabu]

dieseluser07 said:

Im deciding whether to apply for a job which requires me to travel to different sites to repair and service equipment. Car is paid for and hotels if i want to stay over.
Its 3 12 hour shifts a week and the rota would be like this. The travelling is additional to the shift.

How would that b affected by drivers hours? Exempt somehow?

https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/gb-domestic-rules

[anonymous-user]

Yabu said:

dieseluser07 said:

Im deciding whether to apply for a job which requires me to travel to different sites to repair and service equipment. Car is paid for and hotels if i want to stay over.
Its 3 12 hour shifts a week and the rota would be like this. The travelling is additional to the shift.

How would that b affected by drivers hours? Exempt somehow?

https://www.gov.uk/drivers-hours/gb-domestic-rules

That refers to HGVs and buses etc.

[anonymous-user]

dieseluser07 said:

not sure how 3 longer days would compare

I used to be in a job where the roster was three or four days or nights a week on twelve hour shifts so I was at home far more than I was at work. There were times where if I got to the end of one roster period on rest days, and then began the next roster period on rest days, I could come away with just over a week off without a single day of leave being used.
Sounds perfect?
Yeah, I thought so....
Travelling time was anywhere between 60 and 90+ minutes each way so a twelve hour shift was usually around a fourteen to sixteen hour day door to door, more often the latter.
On a four day cycle I was, frankly, fked after that and it usually took a day or two to fully recover, more so on nights.
No doubt there are people who'll say sixteen hour days are the norm in some jobs and it's easy. Depends on the job and the ease of the travel I guess (mine was in to London ) and the advantage of your offer is that the days don't run back to back.
The fact I'm no longer under 30 probably didn't help either.
Now I'm in a job twenty minutes from home on eight/nine hour days and a more usual five day week. My entire working day is now less than just the shift time in my old job.
Actually feels like I'm at home more, and the days of leaving home in the dark and getting home in the dark for six months of the year are over.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th April 09:01

[dieseluser07]

Crossflow Kid said:

I used to be in a job where the roster was three or four days or nights a week on twelve hour shifts so I was at home far more than I was at work. There were times where if I got to the end of one roster period on rest days, and then began the next roster period on rest days, I could come away with just over a week off without a single day of leave being used.
Sounds perfect?
Yeah, I thought so....
Travelling time was anywhere between 60 and 90+ minutes each way so a twelve hour shift was usually around a fourteen to sixteen hour day door to door, more often the latter.
On a four day cycle I was, frankly, fked after that and it usually took a day or two to fully recover, more so on nights.
No doubt there are people who'll say sixteen hour days are the norm in some jobs and it's easy. Depends on the job and the ease of the travel I guess (mine was in to London ) and the advantage of your offer is that the days don't run back to back.
The fact I'm no longer under 30 probably didn't help either.
Now I'm in a job twenty minutes from home on eight/nine hour days and a more usual five day week. My entire working day is now less than just the shift time in my old job.
Actually feels like I'm at home more, and the days of leaving home in the dark and getting home in the dark for six months of the year are over.

Edited by Crossflow Kid on Tuesday 28th April 09:01

The most days together for us would be 3 but thats usually the same site so you stay over usually its no more than 2