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 husband is a contractor, there is often a lot of time spent on travel to jobsite and setting up equipment. You don’t want to do an 8 hour shift and spend only 4 hours building. You want to get the max project hours out of your effort, so you do a 10 hour shift (or more).
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