My business runs 24/7. Most of my employees are working 60 hours a week. As you can guess the overtime is expensive. I am wondering if I could bump up their pay some and go to more of a 4/12 shift. I just have a feeling the younger employees just are not as motivated by money. But where the sweet spot pay wise is the magic question. They feel better, work less, and the business isn’t paying as much in overtime. Have any of you experimented with this with any success?
I come from a Power Plant background. Historically it was a 4-crew 3-shift rotating business. In the 90’s we moved our guys to a 12-hour schedule.
We evaluated a bunch of options and we went with a modified DuPont schedule.
Check this out.
DuPont Schedule for 24/7 Shift Coverage
We used a modified version of this that worked for us and limited overtime as well as the call-out schedule when folks called in sick.
As an owner/manager I’d put together a few options that cost you less money, then poll my workers on which one(s) they prefer.