Calling rotating shift workers need advice

[jay see]

Does your wife work?

[dave97]

I use to work permanent nights in hospitality, my weekend was Sunday Monday, money was good i loved it wife hated it, 4 years ago i switched to day shift production worker because i was sick of all the whinging and arguments about not being at social events family events and so on because i was always working, 18 months of working a crap job for a lot less money, was working 7 days to get close to what i use to earn, we split up, i moved out kids didn't deal well with it and about 9 months later we moved back in together, kids are doing better, I'm still at the same place but on afternoon shift so only have to work 6 days now, she now says she wished she never pressured me to leave hospitality.

it's hard, I'd try the dragging myself out of bed after a few hours sleep and helping her around the house doing school runs or cooking dinner, it is real hard to change things up but changing jobs just brings new pressure into the relationship, see if you can mix things up in your time off and fix the relationship problems before changing jobs.

[BigRAWesty]

It is a very tough thing ey..
It's easy to say work to live not live to work..
But in the end money talks and bs walks..
All you can do is try make it work..
Maybe the answer is trim the excess expenses for more family time..
Whatever it is you both have to want it..

[katwoman]

Agree with above posts. FIFO has its own pros and cons. I work FIFO and if you don't have good family support at home , it won't work.

[jay see]

Agree with above posts. FIFO has its own pros and cons. I work FIFO and if you don't have good family support at home , it won't work.

Spot on !!!!!!

Marriage is a to way street and shift work can make it difficult.

[FNQGU]

Some really good advice above mate.

I also work FIFO - 4 weeks away in New Guinea and then 4 weeks home. It feels like living two different lives sometimes and it takes several days to adjust when you do get home and a lot of joint effort and discussions each time. I'm in year number 9 doing this now and if I could find something back home that I enjoyed doing, I'd do it in a flash, but being in a shite job back home and resenting someone for it is definitely not the answer either.

It comes back to you and what you feel is the most important now. No easy fixes and no one else can make your decision for you.

Good luck - deep down you probably already know what the answer is.

[Clunk]

My old man was FIFO on the oilrigs for 40 odd years, 2 weeks on 2 off, 4 on 4 off, 8 on 8 off depending where he was in the world. As far as I'm concerned, it wasnt conducive to a great family environment...... never had a close relationship with the old man because of this IMO.
Another reason why I decided to only work Monday to Friday

[jay see]

The difference with FIFO is that your not home at all during the time that your at work.

With Snafu shift he is home everyday.

[Clunk]

The difference with FIFO is that your not home at all during the time that your at work.

With Snafu shift he is home everyday.

Yep I realise that.... guess I'm just following up on my previous post