stu675:
njl:
beefy4605:
. Thats a disgrace of a pay rate - no difference between 4 on 4 off nights- £38,638 and Any 5 from 7 Nights - £38,638 .I guess in principle if the 4o4o shifts are routinely the longer runs you could get to a position where the hours worked over a reference period are by and large the same which might justify the pay parity.
What are you both talking about?
42 hours is 42 hours! Doesn’t matter if it is 4/4 or 5/7. Just down to personal preference, one is not inherently better than the other.
4 on 4 off means you are working only half the year so allows a much better work life balance especially for night workers. 182 days a year. As opposed to any 5 from 7 which means you work 260 days a year. So 4 on 4 off. For giving up working weekend when your rota falls to work is worth it for the same basic rate. So you end up working less days a year. And that’s probably without taking into account annual leave probably.
182 days a year minus 19 days holiday is 163 days worked a year.
260 days worked a year minus 28 days holiday is 232 days worked a year.
That is the crucial difference between 4 on 4 off and working 5 days a week. It’s a massive difference.
If all my maths is correct that is. Not my strongest subject by a long shot.
I know which I would take that basic for, 4 on 4 off as much as I don’t like working weekends. Then again I work Sunday night anyway as the start of the week on a 5 day contract so still lose one day of the weekend to work as it is.
I have ignored the shift lengths as typically 4 on 4 off is usually a 12 hour shift, but as we all know driving is a 10 to 15 hour shift generally in the majority of jobs regardless of whether you do 4 on 4off or 5 out of 7.
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