Night shift workers, how are we holding up?

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NL0606@reddit

Question how does pay work do you get paid an extra hour even though you technically work the same hour twice but are working for both those hours?

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anniemaew@reddit

I didn't work it this year but have worked it before (nurse) and it is so depressing. My trust do adjust your time though so you do get paid for it. It's bad that some people don't!

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blakerton-@reddit

My colleague and I watched the computers go from 1:59 back to 1am like 😬

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imokaytho@reddit

I've always wondered, do you get paid for that extra hour? Or even get to leave early? Does the extra hour benefit you in any way

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lydz1985@reddit

I don't get paid for the extra hour 🫠

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Daveddozey@reddit

Only if the total pay for the period drops below minimum wage

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bahumat42@reddit

Fair point, it's certainly bad form from the employer.

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lydz1985@reddit

Say hello to the NHS. I've been on the clocks go back shift about 6 times, never been on the clocks go forward shift.

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PM-me-your-cuppa-tea@reddit

I worked somewhere where you didn’t get paid for the extra hour. But you got paid for the hour you didn’t work at the other clock change.

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We get paid for the extra hour, but I'd gladly give the money to anyone who wants to do it for me as it's already a 12 hour shift. All that said though, it's almost worth it for the glory of the shorter shift when the clocks go forward.

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External-Piccolo-626@reddit

Only if it falls that you’re working, otherwise you just lose an hour sleep.

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jarrahead@reddit

I don’t get paid for mine but ideally we’re meant to get the other clock change as a shift too, so get paid 12 hours for working 11 hours (getting the hour back that’s unpaid tonight). Doesn’t always work that way though with shift patterns being adjusted etc

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one22gingercrew@reddit

I feel like I’m on a night shift as my 5 month old daughter has woken up 5 times in 6 hours 😴

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TSC-99@reddit

I feel for you. Things will settle once she’s 2 and stops teething 😬🤣

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one22gingercrew@reddit

Just the 19 months to get through, thanks 😂

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thereisalwaysrescue@reddit

I’m a nurse and we don’t get paid for that extra hour. It’s a JOKE!

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TheSecretRussianSpy@reddit

Are you not on a fixed salary? (Genuine question)

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thereisalwaysrescue@reddit

Unsociable hours on weekends, nights and bank holidays. The rule is if we work the spring forward shift, we work the fall back shift.

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TheSecretRussianSpy@reddit

Ah so you get additional pay for ‘unsociable’? I’d like that!

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thereisalwaysrescue@reddit

It’s time and a third for Saturdays and nights, time and two thirds for Sundays.

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TheSecretRussianSpy@reddit

That’s class!

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fire2burn@reddit

Thankfully my manager isn't a complete arse so she just said we can take an extra hour break and also ordered us pizza.

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thereisalwaysrescue@reddit

So erm… you guys hiring?

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TSC-99@reddit

Christ. You should at least get out back one time!

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adultangstisreal@reddit

I have a really quiet night tonight (so far anyway) so basically an extra hour of paid netflix or reading

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pajamakitten@reddit (OP)

Healthcare here, so I cannot say the Q word ever.

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Equivalent_Tiger_7@reddit

I speak to the Police evey two hours on shift and I have stop myself saying the Q word! They get quite upset if I do!

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pajamakitten@reddit (OP)

Might come and arrest you for that.

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Equivalent_Tiger_7@reddit

And leave their warm cosy control room? Not a chance!

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One_Transportation14@reddit

U canntday quiet?lol dontwe have our saying between carers 🤣they always come in 3

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pajamakitten@reddit (OP)

Saying that in the NHS gets you killed.

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CarelessAnything@reddit

NHS doctor here, we're not nurses but even we know this very important rule.

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pajamakitten@reddit (OP)

I'm a biomedical scientist down in haem and transfusion. The Q word gets you a major haemorrhage with all the products.

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One_Transportation14@reddit

Jeez in my place we have so much banter if someone wants hear .......🤣

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One_Transportation14@reddit

Me too I just had a nap for an hour,made coffee,waiting people to wake up I work in a residential care 🏡

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saxonMonay@reddit

I used to try and book it off way in advance if I remembered. Hated doing 13 and paid for 12

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Equivalent_Tiger_7@reddit

I wasn't working last night, but I'm sure I could have dealt with another hour of Netflix!

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MidToeAmputation@reddit

I am knackered. Was my 3rd night, community night nurse so out and about all night long. I napped on my 30 minute break. Had the air con on cold and blasting my face for the drive home.

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oldwire@reddit

We finish an hour ‘early’ as it were so we work the same number of hours. I didn’t appreciate some of us have to work that extra hour, that’s shit

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grockle90@reddit

Same for us. I recently switched from doing 22:00-07:00 to work 21:00-06:00 instead. So finishing an hour earlier *still* (despite working the same length of shift) and my body feels a weird mix of "yay I finished 2 hours earlier than I used to" and "I am exhausted and yet need to force myself to stay awake an extra couple of hours ahead of Sunday night's shift"

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CareerMilk@reddit

Well we can’t be messing with the day shifts schedule can we now?

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LittleRebelbunny@reddit

I watched the phone clock go back. A few members staff got confused as they had no idea and tried to leave early.

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Tarjhan@reddit

Waiting for my bus after my shift- no extra hour just finished the usual 10 after I started.

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Sickofseas@reddit

Heading home. Well earned sleep waiting

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BritA83@reddit

I wasn't meant to be working tonight but agreed to cover a coworkers sickness call. Completely forgot the extra hour. I damn near lost my shit when I checked my watch and it was 1:47 then I checked again and it was 1:32 😂

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Zealousideal-Bar-745@reddit

Ready to quit, feeling brain dead all the time 😆

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Zealousideal-Bar-745@reddit

Too much money, no life, no time.. is it really worth it.

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koombot@reddit

My relief and me are splitting the shift so we both work half an hour extra. Fucking loving it.

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Brian-Kellett@reddit

Fucking glad that I no longer work nights. I *loathed* watching that clock tick back. It was also a bit of a pain as accurate recording of time for medico-legal reasons was important.

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iliketitsandasss@reddit

I don't work nights but some of my colleagues do. They were asked to clock in an hour later on Saturday night.

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defconluke@reddit

Saturday nights are the quietest shift all week so they normally drag but even more so tonight as to be expected. Got my extra hour of sleep in earlier today before work so I'm fine on that front. Watched a few more YouTube videos than normal and had an extra cuppa or two to this point. It's all downhill from here though with about 3ish hours left to go.

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seizethed@reddit

I'm a bit pissed because I want to be home as soon as possible but damn clock had to change

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Agreeable_Fig_3713@reddit

Peachy keen jellybean. I get it at Sunday rate so I don’t care

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Flammiblecloud@reddit

I haplessly forgot it was tonight…. So that was nice.. only covering 1 night as a favour so hadn’t realised. Terrible weekend transport also means that a 10 hour shift is now going to take 13 hours..

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ReplicatedSun@reddit

Alright, plenty of hot drinks and spotify blasting to keep it slightly less dull.

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DaVirus@reddit

I don't have 1 extra hour, I just have 1h break lol Still sucks, but not as bad

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glasgowgeg@reddit

> I don't have 1 extra hour, I just have 1h break lol This is historically what I done. We got a decent workaround for the clock change this year. Normally we'd have 3 people doing dayshift (7am-7pm) and 1 doing nightshift (7pm-7am), so this year we have 7am-7pm, 7am-7pm, 8am-8pm, and 8pm-7am. Everyone does a 12 hour shift, nobody works the extra hour.

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