On 2020 Feb 7, , cshenk wrote
(in >):

> Shift work is something I did for ages. Worst was the '2/2/80's' of
> the Navy RM community. It works out to 195 hours a month (once you add
> in turnover time) vs 160 a month. The 160 a month get holidays, the
> 2/2/80 folks do not get *any* holidays.

When I was in my early twenties, I worked in a naval munitions making
facility. It was during the Viet Nam war, and we occasionally worked six
days of ten hours for a month at a time. I was a production worker, worked
60 hours a week, and got overtime for every day that we worked over eight
hours. I hated it.
Then I was recruited into a critical position, at the time, because of my
degree and ran a swing shift at the chem lab. I was paid the same as if I
was still in production, but I didnt care at the time. We worked seven
days a week for eight hours a day for a couple of months. Thats only 56
hours a week and paid a lot less than six tens.
For two months, I got up every day and went to work for eight hours. It was
a relentless, bleak time for an unmarried young man who enjoyed an
€œoccasional€� beer and rare smile from a lady who wasnt working for
them. I didnt miss an hour of work.

leo