Northline Distribution · Night shift
Schedule constraints
24 of 31 completed · No answer attributed to a person.
9
Have a hard constraint on start time
8
Have days that can't move
5
Would leave if the considered pattern went ahead as described
The pattern being considered
Four 10-hour days, with an earlier start and the same weekly hours and pay.
What the crew can work
Earliest start
- before 5
- 6
- 5–6
- 6
- 6–7
- 6
- after 7
- 6
Latest finish
- by 3
- 6
- by 5
- 6
- by 7
- 6
- later
- 6
Days that can't move
- Monday
- 5
- Tuesday
- 5
- Wednesday
- 5
- Thursday
- 5
- Friday
- 5
- Saturday
- 5
- Sunday
- 5
Weekends
- can
- 14
- can't
- 10
Overtime tolerance
- none
- 8
- some
- 10
- plenty
- 6
Notice needed
- days
- 5
- a week
- 7
- two weeks
- 12
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Why
Themes raised by fewer than 5 people are not shown.
Childcare and a hard finish time
Childcare needs a reliable finish time. A choice of start times and schedules posted ahead would make the pattern easier to work.
Transport before an early start
Early starts are harder when transport is not running. A later-start option would help.
Three ways to build a pattern people can work
- 1
Keep a fixed finish-time option for childcare.
- 2
Offer a later start alongside the early pattern for transport.
- 3
Post the pattern two weeks ahead and ask the crew about workable swaps.
Fixes people said they'd accept
- Keep a fixed finish time, with occasional agreed day swaps — 7 of 9 would take it
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After the report
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