It’s safe to say that working long hours (>8, but especially >12) is unhealthy and detrimental to the workers’ efficiency. Why do many employers still make their employees work in such long shifts? Medical Doctors and security guards come to my mind straight away. Why not just rotate 3 people within the day to cover it with 8 hour shifts, so that you have rested employees who perform better and make fewer mistakes? Especially since employers usually pay extra for the long shifts and can’t have that employee come in again for 24 or even 48 hours. Someone please shed some light on this…
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My old job requires working in other states, out of a hotel room. Food, travel and lodging were paid for by the client. So you’d work as long of days as possible, without days off. It was to both the client and employees benefit.
As an employee, you get home sooner. The bonus was overtime pay. As a client, you paid less for associated costs of labor.
The kicker is when you come home and they send you right back out to another job. 3 weeks straight was about my max before my mind and body started producing negative returns.
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