Is it a about money? Is it a bragging rights thing? Is it a leftover of years gone by?

  • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My old factory job was a 24h operation. Going 5-5 makes more sense than going 8-8 because managers that want to talk to both teams would rather stay until 6 than come in at 7.

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      10 months ago

      8-8 also makes doing anything outside of work nearly impossible on work days. You can generally find doctors, dentists, mechanics, etc. Open after 5, but finding them open before 8 is generally harder.

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        10 months ago

        Not necessarily making them easier, but making it so that one shift worth of management and office/engineering staff can effectively support 2 manufacturing shifts.

        The managers could come in at 5, but then they only have a couple hours at best to interface with 2nd shift

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        10 months ago

        Yep. The highest station at night was the supervisor. If production went down, they’d call the manager about it.