Balloonthief
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Hi All,
I'm looking for any ex firefighters now working as drivers to give me an idea of what the shifts are like.
I've been a firefighter 13 years, just been made up to watch commander,
I've been going through the Scotrail tests and although I do really fancy the change the thing that is holding me back is the shifts.
How do you find the changing start/finish times in comparison to the 2/2/4?
I currently work 2 x10 hour day shifts (0800- 1800) 24h off then 2 x 14 hour night shifts followed by 96 hours off.
Do this 7 times and then get 18 days off. This is fixed annual leave and is very difficult to change.
I now have a young family and I was hoping the railway would allow me more time with family but after reading the posts on here I'm now not sure.
Watch commander pay is just under £40k, not great but not bad either.
I wouldn't be changing job for the money, more the change in industry.
I'm looking for any ex firefighters now working as drivers to give me an idea of what the shifts are like.
I've been a firefighter 13 years, just been made up to watch commander,
I've been going through the Scotrail tests and although I do really fancy the change the thing that is holding me back is the shifts.
How do you find the changing start/finish times in comparison to the 2/2/4?
I currently work 2 x10 hour day shifts (0800- 1800) 24h off then 2 x 14 hour night shifts followed by 96 hours off.
Do this 7 times and then get 18 days off. This is fixed annual leave and is very difficult to change.
I now have a young family and I was hoping the railway would allow me more time with family but after reading the posts on here I'm now not sure.
Watch commander pay is just under £40k, not great but not bad either.
I wouldn't be changing job for the money, more the change in industry.
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