SirFozzie
05-01-2009, 02:59 PM
Well, this is going to be a fun little weekend.
As some know, I work for a tech support company here in MA. I was working an Asia shift on the weekends (6 PM-2AM Friday and Saturday Nights, Saturday and Sunday Asia time) to try to help out our Australian team through february, March and April. Well, now it's may, and it was supposed to be over.
Except, our boss's boss asked me on Thursday "Dave, can you do the Aussie Shift on their weekends until further notice?"
He expects it to be just one more week, but, who knows. Oh yes, the person from our Australia office who usually worked the same shift I do has now left the company (having two people make things a lot easier)
On my product, (a backup storage project), most of the work is done during off-peak hours and weekends.
Combine that with a couple other volunteer duties for the weekend, and here's the schedule for the week.
Friday Night
6 PM-2 AM "Regular" shift. I am the only person from my technical group on this shift. So if two or more really bad cases come in, I'm in trouble.
Saturday Morning:
2 AM-10AM: "On Call" shift. Basically, I don't have to be active in the queues, but if a call comes for a "SP" case (mostly government/sensitive sites, where a call has to be handled by a US Citizen on US Soil), I'm the one who has to take it. So you can't really go anywhere, since you have to be available on short notice (and of course, you always have to have your cell phone with you if you do go out)
Saturday Afternoon/Night/
3 PM-2 AM: Regular shift+. Basically, I'm coming in 3 hours early, because I'm the only one who would volunteer to come in early, because one of the two Americans on the day shift has to leave early. Oh yeah, and from 6 PM on, I'm running solo again.
Sunday Morning: An hour's drive up into the city to be there to celebrate my father's milestone birthday (60).
I am so going to need the three days off to recover.
And the fun starts in (check watch) 2 hours. Fun.
As some know, I work for a tech support company here in MA. I was working an Asia shift on the weekends (6 PM-2AM Friday and Saturday Nights, Saturday and Sunday Asia time) to try to help out our Australian team through february, March and April. Well, now it's may, and it was supposed to be over.
Except, our boss's boss asked me on Thursday "Dave, can you do the Aussie Shift on their weekends until further notice?"
He expects it to be just one more week, but, who knows. Oh yes, the person from our Australia office who usually worked the same shift I do has now left the company (having two people make things a lot easier)
On my product, (a backup storage project), most of the work is done during off-peak hours and weekends.
Combine that with a couple other volunteer duties for the weekend, and here's the schedule for the week.
Friday Night
6 PM-2 AM "Regular" shift. I am the only person from my technical group on this shift. So if two or more really bad cases come in, I'm in trouble.
Saturday Morning:
2 AM-10AM: "On Call" shift. Basically, I don't have to be active in the queues, but if a call comes for a "SP" case (mostly government/sensitive sites, where a call has to be handled by a US Citizen on US Soil), I'm the one who has to take it. So you can't really go anywhere, since you have to be available on short notice (and of course, you always have to have your cell phone with you if you do go out)
Saturday Afternoon/Night/
3 PM-2 AM: Regular shift+. Basically, I'm coming in 3 hours early, because I'm the only one who would volunteer to come in early, because one of the two Americans on the day shift has to leave early. Oh yeah, and from 6 PM on, I'm running solo again.
Sunday Morning: An hour's drive up into the city to be there to celebrate my father's milestone birthday (60).
I am so going to need the three days off to recover.
And the fun starts in (check watch) 2 hours. Fun.