Daylight saving and night shift

[HedgeyGedgey]

Me again with another confusing message from everyone's favourite employer, Amazon.

So daylight saving is at 2am this year, correct? They're delaying our start time by an hour so instead of starting at 23:45. We're starting at 0:45. And finishing at 10:15. They're saying this is a 9.5hrs shift. Now I make that 11hrs? I might be confusing myself, we get an unpaid 30min break and 1 paid. Could someone please help before my brain explodes due to overthinking this

[HTP99]

I make it 10.5 hours.

[HedgeyGedgey]

HTP99 said:

I make it 10.5 hours.

I think I might have gained 30mins with the whole unpaid break thing. Their messages aren't the easiest to understand

[HedgeyGedgey]

So now I've had another message saying start time is 0:45 and finish is 10:45 for a 9.5hrs shift 🙃

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HedgeyGedgey said:

Me again with another confusing message from everyone's favourite employer, Amazon.

So daylight saving is at 2am this year, correct? They're delaying our start time by an hour so instead of starting at 23:45. We're starting at 0:45. And finishing at 10:15. They're saying this is a 9.5hrs shift. Now I make that 11hrs? I might be confusing myself, we get an unpaid 30min break and 1 paid. Could someone please help before my brain explodes due to overthinking this

What time do you normally start and normally finish?

If it’s normally 23:45 to 10:15 then starting one hour later will ensure you don’t lose when the clocks go back. You’ll still be working the same hours.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Countdown said:

What time do you normally start and normally finish?

If it’s normally 23:45 to 10:15 then starting one hour later will ensure you don’t lose when the clocks go back. You’ll still be working the same hours.

We normally start at 22:45 and finish at 9:45. Which is 10.5hrs with an unpaid 30min break.
The latest message is saying 0:45 and finish at 10:45 which they're saying is a 9.5hrs shift

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HedgeyGedgey said:

We normally start at 22:45 and finish at 9:45. Which is 10.5hrs with an unpaid 30min break.
The latest message is saying 0:45 and finish at 10:45 which they're saying is a 9.5hrs shift

Both are exactly the same.

The 2nd version is 9.5 hours (kind of) but you need to add on the hour that the clocks go back.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Thank you, its the whole 9.5hrs they've told us but evidently its 10.5hrs. Now to correct them in a non bhy way lol

[HTP99]

HedgeyGedgey said:

Countdown said:

What time do you normally start and normally finish?

If it’s normally 23:45 to 10:15 then starting one hour later will ensure you don’t lose when the clocks go back. You’ll still be working the same hours.

We normally start at 22:45 and finish at 9:45. Which is 10.5hrs with an unpaid 30min break.
The latest message is saying 0:45 and finish at 10:45 which they're saying is a 9.5hrs shift

Start at 0:45 get to 02:00, this is 1hr 15.

At 02:00 the clocks go back to 01:00, 01:00 till 10:45 is 9hrs 45.

9hrs 45 plus 1hr 15 is 11 hours, less your 30 minute break, 10.5 hours worked.

[Countdown]

We had issues with DST and the night shift at my last place of work.

The March shift worked 7 hours and wanted paying for 8 because it was "contractual".
The October shift worked 9 hours and wanted paying for 9.

Quite often it was the same people. A bit of a pee-take but for the sake of one hour across 40 staff it didn't seem to be worth kicking up a fuss

[anonymous-user]

It's amazing that an event that happens every year for decades yet these big companies with all their manager cant even get it right.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Countdown said:

We had issues with DST and the night shift at my last place of work.

The March shift worked 7 hours and wanted paying for 8 because it was "contractual".
The October shift worked 9 hours and wanted paying for 9.

Quite often it was the same people. A bit of a pee-take but for the sake of one hour across 40 staff it didn't seem to be worth kicking up a fuss

I understand the other way round when the clocks go forward because you've not worked that hour. But working an extra hour unpaid isn't right, I've let them know their mistake saying its 9.5hrs when it should be 10.5. We'll wait for their reply lol

[HedgeyGedgey]

The Spruce Goose said:

It's amazing that an event that happens every year for decades yet these big companies with all their manager cant even get it right.

Honestly some of the messages we get off them are just mind blowingly confusing. I end up having to set a timer and clocking out when the timer is up, and then writing down my shift times because they still can't get it right

[Jamescrs]

I used to work nights, not really now but my employer in the spring used to just accept we were doing an hour less for the same money and in winter paid an hours overtime for the extra hour.

[HedgeyGedgey]

Jamescrs said:

I used to work nights, not really now but my employer in the spring used to just accept we were doing an hour less for the same money and in winter paid an hours overtime for the extra hour.

My old job was exactly the same, why confuse it? I think what's happened is they've pushed the shift back 1 hour so we miss the clocks going back. But seeing as they go back at 2am its not worked

[Sheepshanks]

HedgeyGedgey said:

Thank you, its the whole 9.5hrs they've told us but evidently its 10.5hrs. Now to correct them in a non bhy way lol

It's 9.5 hrs on the clock, but as the clocks go back at 2AM you work the hour from 1AM to 2AM twice, so you're doing 10.5hrs work.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

For all the monthly paid people in the world:

This is one of the years you work an extra day for free! (Probably )

[TwigtheWonderkid]

There was a thread on Mumsnet a while back from a woman who was losing it with her husband, as he was insisting 12 until 2 was 3 hours, (12, 1 and 2) and wouldn't accept that she was right that it was only 2 hours.

If my other half was that dense, I'd find it very hard to continue that relationship, regardless of all other virtues.