Another swiftly moving weekend of work is behind me and my feet are saying "thank you" for being propped up. My work week being every one else's weekends usually mean I start full steam ahead, warp into over drive, and spend my last day wishing it was busier so time would go by more quickly.
Schedule changes are just around the bend, starting next Monday. What that means for me is a switch in my days off, (still midweek) and finally a 40 hour work week. Swing shift managers and supervisors are switching over to a 4 day week, just like the guards, however they will be doing 10 hour shifts. Because I am a Dual Rate Supervisor (sometimes a supervisor, sometimes a guard who works Podium and Control) my hours change as well. I believe they did this so we would be there if we were needed to hop into a supervisors jacket if one of them calls out. It will add another hour onto my days, but the change won't be as drastic for me as it will be for them, since I normally work 9 hours a shift.
The transition is going to be a real booger. My luck is holding as usual being that I will be adding a 5th day(in a row) of 10 hours onto my normal 36 hour week. There is also a meeting scheduled that will add another 1.5 hours like the proverbial cherry on top. I know I will be one tired cookie after work that Monday. I just wonder sometimes why I cannot be the one that works 3 days and is off for 3 when transitions like this happen. It never seems to work out that way.
All this change means for me is that I won't be missing 8 hours a pay period, and I will pick up extra days as a supervisor at a better rate of pay. After the initial week I will be fine. But remember what I said about slow days dragging? My new Friday will now be Monday, the slowest day of the week. Argh! Give me busy over slow any day.
This change came about because the officers on our shift were not happy to lose the supervisory portion of the team 2 hours before the shift was over for them. It makes sense to keep us together. There will also be double coverage of supervisory staff on all 3 shifts, over lapping to allow time for reports to be completed before going home,and lots of help on nights where every supervisor is tied up. It seemed sometimes that the requests for sups far out paced the actual number of us that could answer the calls.
That's all the news I have for now..take care everyone
k
Schedule changes are just around the bend, starting next Monday. What that means for me is a switch in my days off, (still midweek) and finally a 40 hour work week. Swing shift managers and supervisors are switching over to a 4 day week, just like the guards, however they will be doing 10 hour shifts. Because I am a Dual Rate Supervisor (sometimes a supervisor, sometimes a guard who works Podium and Control) my hours change as well. I believe they did this so we would be there if we were needed to hop into a supervisors jacket if one of them calls out. It will add another hour onto my days, but the change won't be as drastic for me as it will be for them, since I normally work 9 hours a shift.
The transition is going to be a real booger. My luck is holding as usual being that I will be adding a 5th day(in a row) of 10 hours onto my normal 36 hour week. There is also a meeting scheduled that will add another 1.5 hours like the proverbial cherry on top. I know I will be one tired cookie after work that Monday. I just wonder sometimes why I cannot be the one that works 3 days and is off for 3 when transitions like this happen. It never seems to work out that way.
All this change means for me is that I won't be missing 8 hours a pay period, and I will pick up extra days as a supervisor at a better rate of pay. After the initial week I will be fine. But remember what I said about slow days dragging? My new Friday will now be Monday, the slowest day of the week. Argh! Give me busy over slow any day.
This change came about because the officers on our shift were not happy to lose the supervisory portion of the team 2 hours before the shift was over for them. It makes sense to keep us together. There will also be double coverage of supervisory staff on all 3 shifts, over lapping to allow time for reports to be completed before going home,and lots of help on nights where every supervisor is tied up. It seemed sometimes that the requests for sups far out paced the actual number of us that could answer the calls.
That's all the news I have for now..take care everyone
k
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