Reply to: 6am start is early! :-)

[TheFaQQer]

I can only hope your people are paid an obscene amount of money for those early starts.

It's the same as all good permies get.

[psychocandy]

I can only hope your people are paid an obscene amount of money for those early starts.

Nope. Nothing extra for early starts it was done as goodwill.

1.5 offered for 12 hour shifts though (otherwise they could do one!).

[scooterscot]

I can only hope your people are paid an obscene amount of money for those early starts.

[psychocandy]

Wuss.

LOL. Been a long long time since I worked PLANNED 12 hour shifts....

Bit different than when you rock up for a normal day, something goes wrong and you end up there for 12-15 hours. Time flies then.

When you're sitting there thinking, flippin heck still 10 hours left!

[d000hg]

Wuss.

[psychocandy]

Wish I hadn't moaned about 6am - 3pm now!
12 hour shifts. 8am-8pm. Too old for this... :-(

Leaves little time to get home in the evening. Basically, home for under 10 hours. Couple of hotel stays in order.

The 4 night shifts I'm down for in a few weeks is going to be worse.

Luckily, client is paying a premium to the standard day for the extended hours plus extra for nights. And Im off Friday.

[vetran]

I'll try but to be fair sometimes my sockies seem to take on a life of their own.
Mmmphh mmmm oh no.. mmpmmff .. can't ... stop.. myself.. mmnmnmmp....

Didn't NLYUK teach you not to talk with your mouthful? As she says its disrespectful to your punter!

[sasguru]

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Time to retire this sockie SAS, its getting a bit boring and to be frank.

I'll try but to be fair sometimes my sockies seem to take on a life of their own.
Mmmphh mmmm oh no.. mmpmmff .. can't ... stop.. myself.. mmnmnmmp....

[fullyautomatix]

Its just over an hour with no traffic i.e. 6am. Quite a bit more at other times. Part of the problem is the shift work.

Yeh, probably get used to. Might not be so practical when 12 hour shifts come around shortly.
You're right though. Mrs is happy for me to stay over but I would feel a bit guilty.

On the plus side, had a good plan for next week. Staying in our caravan next week near site. So I get to drive less (20 miles), spend some time with family also. Even agreed to her mother going as well so she'll fine when I'm out at work.

I am sure your imaginary missus will be very happy for you to stay over, so that the milkman can get a leg over.

Time to retire this sockie SAS, its getting a bit boring and to be frank.

[psychocandy]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

I usually like 5live but its crap at 5am in the morning. Breakfast show aint even started and all you get is 'wake up to money' :-(

But then you get Richard Bacon at 3pm when I leave.

[psychocandy]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

Its just over an hour with no traffic i.e. 6am. Quite a bit more at other times. Part of the problem is the shift work.

Yeh, probably get used to. Might not be so practical when 12 hour shifts come around shortly.
You're right though. Mrs is happy for me to stay over but I would feel a bit guilty.

On the plus side, had a good plan for next week. Staying in our caravan next week near site. So I get to drive less (20 miles), spend some time with family also. Even agreed to her mother going as well so she'll fine when I'm out at work.

[Mich the Tester]

How quaint and last century, people still waste time, money and energy commuting to central offices

True. Now try persuading those charlatans of modern business, 'managers'.

[Old Hack]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

[sasguru]

How quaint and last century, people still waste time, money and energy commuting to central offices

[psychocandy]

Day 2 and Im knackered. Think I'm going to have to have at least one night stopover per week.