Reality check headed my way

[John_H]

I was just thinking about how I spent a whole chunk of last year doing 12 on 2 off...

You poor, poor sausage.

[98tls]

Best of luck keeping your job Mike!

Cheers T,to be honest its dragging on some and has made me get off my arse and look at other options,theres plenty out there which is suprising really.Was very easy to just kick back and enjoy the 4 0ff thing.

[98tls]

I gotta admit, 4 on 4 off would indeed be pretty frickin' sweet.

It is mate,a little to sweet i guess eh.

[jrandom]

You poor, poor sausage.

I know, right?

It was that or unemployment at the time, though. At least the work was good fun.

Best of luck to 98tls in avoiding being faced with a similar bargain.

[98tls]

I know, right?

It was that or unemployment at the time, though. At least the work was good fun.

Best of luck to 98tls in avoiding being faced with a similar bargain.

Cheers fella,myself and the other 1/2 both work there so its a little unnerving but in saying that we have enjoyed good money and a great lifestyle so cant complain to much.

[mashman]

Bagga... would love to work 4 and 4. All the best mate, no doubt you'll be unlucky enough to be kept on

[Oakie]

Bagga... would love to work 4 and 4.

'tis a 12 hour shift though ... or it used to be back in the day.

[Andy67]

Xactly mate,one door shuts blah blah,got some family working in a mine over on the West coast 7 days on 7 off which even if i keep my job here looks pretty good considering the money,do the 7 days then cmon home for 7.

That's the thing mate, balance is key, work hard then downtime, no one ever died wishing they had worked longer hours. Sounds like they got a good deal going on ATM. Long may it continue.

[mashman]

'tis a 12 hour shift though ... or it used to be back in the day.

meh. I once worked on a fushun boat, sometimes 16 hour days and that was 5 on 2 off... would love 4 and 4. That extra day off would be well worf it.

[98tls]

Bagga... would love to work 4 and 4. All the best mate, no doubt you'll be unlucky enough to be kept on

Cheers mate,like many things in life you dont know how lucky you are until it departs,all good and whatever happens the sun still comes up in the morning eh,things could always be worse and as my 71 year old mother says "think yourself lucky boy,you dont have to live in Dunedin"

[Andy67]

meh. I once worked on a fushun boat, sometimes 16 hour days and that was 5 on 2 off... would love 4 and 4. That extra day off would be well worf it.

Haha flushing, I looked at prawn flushing more like 90 days on.....good pay though, should've would've could've, didn't.

[Oakie]

things could always be worse and as my 71 year old mother says "think yourself lucky boy,you dont have to live in Dunedin"

Funny, there's a few people up here in Chch who say the same thing.

Ah well. Good luck to you and Spider.

[scumdog]

'tis a 12 hour shift though ... or it used to be back in the day.

T'was 11.hrs five days a week when I worked at the Mosgiel mill...nights only for me.

They would let you work overtime on the Friday night - but only 5 hours, only allowed to do a max of 60 hours a week, they didn't want workers working themselves to death they said...

[mashman]

Haha flushing, I looked at prawn flushing more like 90 days on.....good pay though, should've would've could've, didn't.

heh... flushin eh, also worked/lived on a boat where the shitter used to back up in rough weather. Guess which lucky person got to clean the lav Knew a few prawn boys that used to do 12 days on 5 days off and can't say the money ever tempted me enough to be out there for that length of time. Never too late

[jellywrestler]

I used to have to get up 1/2 an hour before I went to bed...