Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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Originally posted by dean101287
I used to to the above. Worked monday- wednesday one shift then tursday and friday the other. Means every fortnight you finish work at 10pm and have to start the following day at 6am 
I thought the law states you have to be away from work for 10 hours before starting a new shift? Unless you opt out of it....
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gtitim
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: the boonies
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Originally posted by Carl
They are said to knock quite a lot of years off your life doing shifts, a copper was telling me that a lot die quite quickly after retiring!
thats why our pension is a lump sum plus monthly amount. Can have decent lump - usually £100k+ to enjoy, then a nice pension to live on for however long you have. I shall retire at 60, so intend to spend every penny of it.
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dean101287
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Registered: 22nd Jul 07
Location: Cardiff
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Originally posted by Liam
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Originally posted by dean101287
I used to to the above. Worked monday- wednesday one shift then tursday and friday the other. Means every fortnight you finish work at 10pm and have to start the following day at 6am
I thought the law states you have to be away from work for 10 hours before starting a new shift? Unless you opt out of it....
I beleive that its 8 hours between shifts. So technically its still legal for them to do it.
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Welsh Dan
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Registered: 23rd Mar 00
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Our shifts are ace. 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off, 2 days, 3 nights, 5 off, 3 days, 2 nights, 5 off, 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off. 7am - 7pm/7pm - 7am shifts.
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Seany
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Registered: 13th Dec 06
Location: Dunfermline, Fife : Drives Astra cdti Sri
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my new shift pattern is 4days on 4 days off 4 nights on 4 nights off.
6am-6pm days
6pm-6am nights.
my pension is rather god also, at current rate I can retire at 65 with 125k pension and 75k lump sum.
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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I find it OK doing shifts, others at work think it shit though.
I normally do Monday - thurday 8pm-5pm, then Monday - thursday 7.30am-5pm, but it changes all the time, depending on our roster.
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Ste
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: Taif, Saudi Arabia
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I do permenant nights but weekends fuck me up when I finish at 7am on a Saturday and just stay up all day. Then I try to stay up really late on a Sunday so I sleep Monday day and not end up knackered on Monday night.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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Originally posted by gtitim
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Originally posted by Carl
They are said to knock quite a lot of years off your life doing shifts, a copper was telling me that a lot die quite quickly after retiring!
thats why our pension is a lump sum plus monthly amount. Can have decent lump - usually £100k+ to enjoy, then a nice pension to live on for however long you have. I shall retire at 60, so intend to spend every penny of it.
Yeah that is what he was telling me, do you pay 11% into a pension or something along them lines?
THere are some whopping annual pension coinage too isn't there for Sargents and the likes?!
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gtitim
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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I pay 9.5% of salary - earning 28k this year, will be nearer 50 in 10yrs, so 9.5% of everything.
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paul.mitchell1984
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Registered: 31st Aug 06
Location: Wakefield
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i do 7 - 7, 2 dyas 2 nights 4 off,
you et use to it the days kill me but im crap at getting up on a morn, usualy have 56 hours kips, 78 after 1st night then dont go to bed after last night and get the ful 4 off soon "catch up" on sleep or at least feel ok, havign a holiday screws me up....still its cushy book 4 off get 12 off 
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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Originally posted by gtitim
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Originally posted by Carl
They are said to knock quite a lot of years off your life doing shifts, a copper was telling me that a lot die quite quickly after retiring!
thats why our pension is a lump sum plus monthly amount. Can have decent lump - usually £100k+ to enjoy, then a nice pension to live on for however long you have. I shall retire at 60, so intend to spend every penny of it. [/quote
I think if you stay on basic, not including the yearly pay increments, promotions etc, and retire after 35 yearls, you get £70k....So add all pay increases on etc and it'll be a fair whack! I can retire at 57, hopefully with a couple of promotions in my latter years!
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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I'm doing 7-7 5 days a week just now, then a further 12 hours over the weekend. Some are days, some nights!
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