Work time to accrue before Christmas!

[kirennia]

Well I have to accrue a grand total of 26 hours within the next 8 days of work if I want Christmas eve and the three non-bank holidays off over christmas. I thought I'd be alright having already gotten 6 days of holiday in preparation for Christmas but today I was given a permanent contract thus, my agency will give me 11 days pay this friday and I'll have a grand total of 6 hours holiday by the time Christmas rolls into view. That doesn't solve the dilemma although the money will be nice!

So what would you do? The bosses still have yet to give me a formal induction due to the way that I joined the company and as such, they haven't stipulated the maximum number of hours I can work in a row. Due to the nature of human resources, I could probably get away with any >12 hour shifts either this week or the 4 days of next before being pulled up for it.

So do I do it? I figure two 16 hour shifts, 8 normal and 8 overtime, then I'll only have to work 2 hours extra a day for five of the other days leaving me with no overtime this friday as well as no weekend work...!

I'm no stranger to 12 hour shifts, there is a microwave at work so I can eat there but would you split it equally (or over the weekend also?) or just go mentalist for a few days to get it over and done with?

 

[DaGaffer]

Work Christmas. Suck it up.

 

[Tom]

A 16 hour shift is unhealthy and in some jobs, dangerous.

Christmas is just a silly outdated materialistic celebration stolen from earlier Pagan rituals. It's bollocks.

 

[Moriath]

tell them you already booked to be away at xmas and gett hem to take it from next years vacation

 

[kirennia]

It's not christmas im hugely thinking about, it's seeing family and friends who I don't really see much other then at christmas... and lets face it, 4 days off, 3 days on, 4 days off or.....12 days straight off. 12 days, yum!

Don't worry about the danger btw, granted I'm working with electronics but there is no danger; it's a sit down job.

Sadly I'm also looking at getting a better contract within the next few days so don't really want to push it with the holiday thing, it's just all happened to happen at the same time, heh.