when i worked in emergency services i worked 12 hour shifts for many years. they were a 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, then reverse for the next week. it sucked for scheduling anything weekly. i liked having a 3 day weekend they other week though. the other shitty part was covering absences which meant working 18 hours with only 6 off between shifts which meant about 3 hours sleep with a 45 minute commute. four 10s on a regular weekly schedule is way better.
well there isn’t a lot of choice in a small communications center, and that schedule was pretty common at the time. i actually went from one job to another with the exact same. it really helped having some part time coverage and when we were short staffed i worked 29 days in one month which was definitely burning me out quick.
when i worked in emergency services i worked 12 hour shifts for many years. they were a 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, then reverse for the next week. it sucked for scheduling anything weekly. i liked having a 3 day weekend they other week though. the other shitty part was covering absences which meant working 18 hours with only 6 off between shifts which meant about 3 hours sleep with a 45 minute commute. four 10s on a regular weekly schedule is way better.
Your situation sounds terrible, like a straight path to burnout. Clearly 12s only work if the scheduling manager isn’t an asshole.
well there isn’t a lot of choice in a small communications center, and that schedule was pretty common at the time. i actually went from one job to another with the exact same. it really helped having some part time coverage and when we were short staffed i worked 29 days in one month which was definitely burning me out quick.