How many on here only work Monday to Friday?


I do and have done for years.

Used to do 4 on 4 off and I prefer this one. Particularly better when younger because every weekend is free.

The best shift I’ve ever worked was something like three 9 hour shifts during the week, followed by a 6 hour shift and then 3 on a Saturday morning. 3/4 days off. My workplace doesn’t do it anymore. Which is a real shame because it suited me perfectly.
 
Work days and backs 6-2 or 2-10. Love a long weekend when I finish at 2pm on the Friday then not back until 2pm Monday but been offered a job in another department that’s 8-4 every week. Love what I’m doing now but it would probably be a bit easier on my sleep pattern.
 
Done it all my life and f***ing hate it. Spend 10 hours per week driving or stuck in traffic. 500 hours per year

I've never thought that working all week to have two days off is natural for the human body and mind. It's a shit deal

One of the reasons I chose to move near work almost 28 years ago when I bought my house.

The wife had a commute stuck in traffic into Newcastle that lessened with a transfer but is now working from home.

That for me is a result.
I could walk to work around the same time you are in your car but it would cost absolutely bot all.
 
Worked Monday-Friday 8-4 for around 20 years. Last 8 years varied shifts which include weekends, wouldn't have liked it when younger but don't think I'd like to go back to Monday-Friday now, it's canny having the odd 5/6 days off without using holidays.
 
Since I became salaried I've worked two Saturdays. Had three days off in kind for each. I hate working Mon -Fri so they can get fucked am I working weekends
 
Self employed so I choose my own hours, generally will work 7.30 till around 3pm Monday to Thursday and never past 12pm on a Friday, couldn’t think of anything worse than working on a weekend.
 
I changed my hours a few weeks back to have every weekend off. Before that, I worked most Saturdays and Sundays and took random days off throughout the week, sometimes just working all the way through.

However, I now realise how nice it feels to leave work on a Friday night and not have to think about it again until Monday morning. Weekend bliss. I wish I'd done it years ago!
I worked 4 on 4 off for 26 years, loved them shifts at first but the older I got, the more I hated leaving the house on weekends, especially the night shifts. Work Monday to Friday now and love it, on less money and nowhere near as much time off but I don’t care. I’m in my own pit every night and don’t have to clart on swapping shifts because I was always on duty for gigs or weddings and shit. My old watch are on this weekend, I’m lying in bed with a nice little hangover and will never work weekends or bank holidays or Christmas ever again. It’s bliss.
I don’t work weekends. Very occasionally have to travel back on a Saturday morning from somewhere or travel to somewhere for a Monday.
Actually I’ve travelled to the fire service college on a Sunday since I started my new job but that just feels like going away :lol:
 
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Only worked Monday - Friday since leaving school in 2000. Sometimes work a Saturday or sat morning for overtime or my own jobs.
Pretty much always had 2 weeks off at Christmas also
 
What was living in Khazakhstan like?
Mixture really.
Atyrau (small city near Caspian) was ok, we all made the best of it.
Almaty, when i got to go on business trips, is very nice. Big city, lot of bars and restaurants. High end shopping if that's your thing.
Tengiz was grim. Tiny room, wi-fi was suprisingly good. Food pretty crap.
 
Work Monday to Friday mainly.
Do the odd Saturday morning (as overtime), and we have a rota system where two people are on call at the weekend.
Works out roughly one weekend in four I'm on call
 
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I do 7 to 5 Mon half day Tues off wed and 7 to 5 Thurs Fri then off sat sun. Not bad shifts really for driving trains. Some of the other lads and lasses don't like it when they see my shifts and they're working 2 out of 3 weekends. but what you gonna do eh????
 

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