Comment on TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture

• hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly once you get used to 12 hour shifts you come to prefer them. You have half the year off before you factor in vacation and sick leave. There is built in overtime every day. The time doesn’t feel much longer than an 8 hour day.

  12 hour night shift was rough. The work hours weren’t bad but it was too hard to get on regular hours on my days off.

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  • Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My friend, I can’t even manage an eight hour day without extreme burnout. I know I’m not necessarily in the majority there, but hearing you say 12 could ever possibly be comfortable just sounds like nonsense to me

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    • UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m burnt out and don’t want to do fun stuff anyway after 8, why not do 12 and have entire extra days of not burning myself out. I miss my 12 hour 3x weekly nights schedule, I’d go back to it in a heartbeat.

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      • Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would stop going to that job. I would not have a choice in this matter, it is simply a thing that would occur. This would be bad for me.

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    • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Free time is tight before and after shift so it’s all about preparation. Clothes are out the night before, meals are prepped before work week starts etc. It’s also important to have a short commute. I’m close and go home on lunch break for an hour to eat and walk the dog.

      Some days are real busy but fly by fast. I’m super beat after those. Most I’m more “on call” and just fix problems as they come. I get to work on projects I want to in the down time, or even just chill knowing a big problem is around the corner. IDK hard to explain but it’s worth it for the time off. I think my ideal would be for 10s every week.

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