4 on 4 off or 9-5

[briantherobot]

Hi All,

Hoping for a bit of advice.

I Currently work a standard Monday-Friday 9-5 role plus 1 weekend a month and also a couple of evenings on-call per week.

Have the chance to potentially move departments into a role that is a 4 on 4 off shift roster, 2 days and 2 nights.
I have worked a similar shift before so know what to expect in terms of anti-social hours, body clock , sleep etc..

The attraction of this role is that I am actually more suited and qualified to do this job over my current position and the shift pattern would allow me to use the extra days off to study as looking to retrain for a future career change.

How much extra cash would you want to go onto this shift?
How realistic is it to study and retrain on the days off, anyone been in a similar position?

Are the shifts really that bad..? Its been a while


Thanks in advance!

[briantherobot]

Thanks for responses all, appreciated!
Really leaning towards the 4 on 4 off after these responses, suits me to only work half the year. Just got to manage the sleep after that last night shift

[briantherobot]

Gareth1974 said:

Are these 12 hour shifts on the 4 on 4 off job? How many hours are you doing in your '9-5' job?

Yes will be 12 hour shifts, 4 on 4 off.
Currently 45 per week plus any calls I get in an evening when on call, could be none or could be working up to 10 / 11pm!

[briantherobot]

Thanks for all the input and advice guys!

I really think the 4 on 4 off is the way to go, its working out to be about a 15% pay rise also. I just can't get enough done on only 2 days off at the weekend. Plus as I am looking to study on my time off I have absolutely zero chance of doing that at the moment working Mon-Fri..

Yes nights are terrible and you work many weekends sacrificing social events etc, but only working half a year plus holiday sounds good to me!