4, 10’s Rotating Weekends

[Red89]

I work 4-10s. Maintenance schedule is Thursday to Sunday. Having 3 days off , potentially 4 on holiday , is nice. My daughter is too young for school so I get spend lots of time with her. Hunting during the week is the best.

 

[COHunter33]

About to start a 9/80 schedule with an aerospace/defense company. This will be the first time I’ve had a schedule like this can’t wait for the time it frees up every other weekend.

 

[TradLife406]

Working on the railroad I'll do bad things in a dark alley for 4-10's. Usually through spring and hunting season I'm on 4-10's with Friday-Sunday off. It sure makes it easy to save my vacation days for hunting. Then it's no big deal to take off on a Thursday to hunt friday and saturday. Then spend sunday with Jesus and Family.

 

[tony]

What about 10-4’s?

Breaker, Breaker! This here's the Rubber Duck!

 

[B Harrison]

If you have a family, that’s tough, if you’re single it could be cool.


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[Blacktip]

I worked 4/10's for the last 10 years of my career.
When they made us go back to 5/8's I retired.
Thats how good it was.

 

[7mm-08]

I do 2 days on, 2 off, 2 nights, 2 off, 2 days etc. 12hr days
Id kill for 4x 10s, hell id even do 4x 12s.

Night Shift sucks the big one and the sooner I boot it, the happier and healthier I'll be.

As others have said, definitely depends on your family situation.
If the $$ is good, its so much easier to get stuff done when everyone else is at work and youre just free to do your sh!t

Absolute worst work schedule I've ever heard. This WILL shorten your life.

 

[PaulIV]

I work 4 tens with a similar schedule except every weekend off. I work Monday through Thursday then Tuesday through Friday. Every other weekend I have 4 days off. It’s great especially compared to my previous schedule which was 12s, with every other weekend off.

 

[Aussie Dan]

Absolute worst work schedule I've ever heard. This WILL shorten your life.

It has its pros and cons, but im absolutely over night shift.
Problem is the $$ is very hard to pass up, 100k+ as a forklift driver for working 6 months of the year.

 

[jlaner0408]

I was 4x10’s for the better part of six years but then I switched jobs and was forced back into 5x8’s. I’m about to transfer back into the old job and getting back on 4x10’s FINALLY.

I rued the day I lost that schedule. During those six years my wife worked a normal 5x8- it was actually nice having one day a week all to myself, especially for hunting and fishing.

It also makes taking vacations a lot easier. I found us taking more long weekend trips where I’d take Thursday off, she’d take Thursday and Friday off, and we’d leave Wednesday and come back Sunday. It was how I was able to bank a lot of PTO and start carrying over more as well.

 

[Cedarsavage]

I was 4x10’s for the better part of six years but then I switched jobs and was forced back into 5x8’s. I’m about to transfer back into the old job and getting back on 4x10’s FINALLY.

I rued the day I lost that schedule. During those six years my wife worked a normal 5x8- it was actually nice having one day a week all to myself, especially for hunting and fishing.

It also makes taking vacations a lot easier. I found us taking more long weekend trips where I’d take Thursday off, she’d take Thursday and Friday off, and we’d leave Wednesday and come back Sunday. It was how I was able to bank a lot of PTO and start carrying over more as well.

We’ve talked about that too since she has a lot of time off. I had a state job a few years ago with tons of time off and pre-inflation we had lots of disposable income, I have had a better wage since leaving that but little time off to do cool stuff with. I feel like this job I could work my 4x10 for the man spend a day on my side hustle and still have two days for myself every week.

 

[rookieforever33]

I interviewed for a job today. Long story short it’s 4,10’s straight days, it’s maintenance so most of the work is done on weekends but every other weekend you get fri,sat, sun, mon off. I haven’t been offered anything, I’m considering at this point. It’s only a couple miles from home which is better than the 30 miles each way I have now. Does anyone work a schedule like that? Seems like you could get a lot of cool stuff done on the long weekend.

So if its 4 10s with every other being a 4 day weekend are you weekend work weeks Monday Tuesday off? 4 10s already has 3 day weekends so where dos the extra day come from? Does this shift work holidays? If you have paid holidays how do they work if they land on a work day or off day?

 

[UKwildcatfan]

Loved 4 10s as a young single guy. Only downside I found was you had another day to spend money.

 

[GunsAreFun]

What is their overtime policy? Can they force you to stay longer or come in on your days off? It sounds like work life balance is important to you so make sure you find that out or those 4-10s may become 5 or 6 12s.

 

[Blacktip]

What is their overtime policy? Can they force you to stay longer or come in on your days off? It sounds like work life balance is important to you so make sure you find that out or those 4-10s may become 5 or 6 12s.

Yep, I went to work for a utility company once that said there would be occasional overtime.
2 weeks later, was working 7/12's for 3 months at a time.

 

[GunsAreFun]

Yep, I went to work for a utility company once that said there would be occasional overtime.
2 weeks later, was working 7/12's for 3 months at a time.

Yep. Got to ask to see the written policy if you’re hourly. Good to ask for expectations or culture with salaried roles but there likely isn’t anything documented.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

So if its 4 10s with every other being a 4 day weekend are you weekend work weeks Monday Tuesday off? 4 10s already has 3 day weekends so where dos the extra day come from? Does this shift work holidays? If you have paid holidays how do they work if they land on a work day or off day?

Sounds like it would be Monday-Thursday one week then Tuesday-Friday the next from reading his original post. 4 on 4 off 4 on 2 off and start the cycle over again


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[Marble]

I think it’s M-T off Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
T-F the next week then off Saturday and Sunday.

If I’m reading it right.

I had a very similar schedule , but it was 12s. I really liked it. I had young kids at the time.

After about 6 months, i realized my vacation time was building up a little faster because the Mondays and Fridays i used to take here and there stopped happening. So it was a net positive for me.

No schedule is perfect for everyone. Some always find the negative and want to complain. I tend to look for positives and focus on those.

And as far as being called in on weekends you are off, you just need to ask if that is something that occurs, how often it does and what is their expectation.

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[Pistolpete28]

'course everywhere Ive been that went to 4/10's, soon turned it into 5/10's, and then bumped it back up to normal

Facts, my 4 10s jobs have become 6 10s