I have been looking for manufacturing, assembly, production positions all over the Midwest. It’s absolutely shocking how many of them want you to work rotating shifts.
Look at the image I submitted. That company wants you to work 3rd shift one week, then 2nd shift the next, then 1st shift the next, and then repeat it over and over. How in the hell is that healthy?
And this requirement for rotating shifts is prevalent in so many job ads now. WTF is going on with the world?
Full job ad here:
Do they pay more per hour when a person is working 3rd shift?
My first thought is that 3rd shift, in my experience, gets paid more. So having everyone take turns rotating through shifts, they’re trying to avoid that extra pay differential. They will say it’s “accounted for” in base pay but it comes out lower than if a person just took a job on 3rd and got paid a bit more than 1st shift people.
100% agree with you, sounds awful and I wouldn’t do it if I had other viable options.
“Only scheduled two weekends per month!” 💀💀💀
Having worked that specific kind of rotating shift, you still get the shift differential (a whole 25 cents for 2nd and 50 for 3rd, wooooo). That was also with a (neutered) union.
It’s been approx 6 years since I worked a job with shifts and the differential for 3rd was $1.50 USD. 50 cents is an insult. We weren’t a union shop, management just hadn’t gone full asshole, apparently.
It was probably more for better paid positions, but after three years sitting at the bottom I got kind of sick of the shifts and being treated like shit.
I work in an office now… still sucks, but at least I get to sleep overnight.