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do you work your day off?

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windermeredave
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do you work your day off?

Post by windermeredave »

I would like to gauge the way the company manages the 5 day week in individual offices, in my particular office we had the option a few years back to work our day off as S/A or take it off, the majority of guys took the former, it works as a rolling day, Mon one week, Tuesday next week ..ect.
in another office in my town they had the option of 5 weeks on the one week off, again many of the guys work their week off.
so how does YOUR office manage your 5 day week?
Big Daz
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by Big Daz »

Floaters
iceman888
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by iceman888 »

Big Daz wrote:Floaters
Surely a day off is a day off!!! why work it :arrrghhh
fishtank
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by fishtank »

iceman888 wrote:
Big Daz wrote:Floaters
Surely a day off is a day off!!! why work it :arrrghhh
That's what he means by floaters...rest day cover...someone covering your duty while you sit with your feet up....nice. :Very Happy
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windermeredave
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by windermeredave »

fishtank wrote:
iceman888 wrote:
Big Daz wrote:Floaters
Surely a day off is a day off!!! why work it :arrrghhh
That's what he means by floaters...rest day cover...someone covering your duty while you sit with your feet up....nice. :Very Happy
icmans 1st post bless him, I think he quoted the wrong post.
Straight4ward
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by Straight4ward »

Surely a day off is a day off!!! why work it
'cause I need the bleedin' money! LOL

Oddly enough I don't work my rest day for free.
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johnnyp
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by johnnyp »

Rest day covers,5 walks each,same as your place we have a rotating rest day.
eian687
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by eian687 »

NO same ar@e lickers get asked to work, working day off is the only o/t available in our office :shock:
Patrick Clifton
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by Patrick Clifton »

johnnyp wrote:Rest day covers,5 walks each,same as your place we have a rotating rest day.
This

I will work my day off if asked and if lino is in my good books at the time of asking
glenfiddich
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by glenfiddich »

we have a part timer who covers full timers day off extra indoor work covered by everyone else i wont work it if offered as they wont pay me 8 hours others do then moan like fcuk so why do it if noone did it part timers may get more contracted hours or the full shift paid on overtime
dubdaz
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by dubdaz »

I'm far too knackered to work my day off, people who do must have easy walks or still be the right side of 40 :chuckle
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by redrobber »

glenfiddich wrote:we have a part timer who covers full timers day off extra indoor work covered by everyone else i wont work it if offered as they wont pay me 8 hours others do then moan like fcuk so why do it if noone did it part timers may get more contracted hours or the full shift paid on overtime
I've tried reading this many times and cant understand what the fook it means. Can someone enlighten me?
fishtank
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by fishtank »

redrobber wrote:
glenfiddich wrote:we have a part timer who covers full timers day off extra indoor work covered by everyone else i wont work it if offered as they wont pay me 8 hours others do then moan like fcuk so why do it if noone did it part timers may get more contracted hours or the full shift paid on overtime
I've tried reading this many times and cant understand what the fook it means. Can someone enlighten me?
Rather than offering the full 8hr shift they are lapsing the IPS and prep and only paying for the delivery....and he's pissed off about it. :chuckle
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Straight4ward
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by Straight4ward »

I'm far too knackered to work my day off, people who do must have easy walks or still be the right side of 40
I wish!

I'm afraid that I don't meet your criteria on either count.
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Re: do you work your day off?

Post by clashcityrocker »

fishtank wrote:..rest day cover...someone covering your duty while you sit with your feet up....nice. :Very Happy
Or someone who leaves bags of mail and packets in your drop boxes and loses the boxes keys.
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