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Are Longer Shifts Better?

Feb 19, 2018
4 min

Are Longer Shifts Better?

I am asked all the time, “Are longer shifts better?” More commonly, the question is, “Isn’t it true that 12-hour shifts are more dangerous (or less productive) than 8-Hour shifts?” It depends. Given a choice, most employees I encounter – and it doesn’t matter what their job is – would like a schedule that gives them more days off. The only way to get more days off with the same paycheck is to work more hours in fewer days. For example, if you work four 10-hour shifts, you wor

The True Cost of Turnover?

Feb 19, 2018
2 min

The True Cost of Turnover?

As unemployment declines, turnover increases in every industry, but industries where shiftwork is most prevalent seem to get hit hardest. Employees that are left behind have to work harder – and sometimes longer –hours to make up for the open positions. As overtime increases, I have seen multiple instances where managers and supervisors make it worse by promising to get employees home early only to hold them late, call them in early, or require them to work a day off. Pretty

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