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DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

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Gary55
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DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

Post by Gary55 »

Our office has voted on a 17 day fortnight with a guaranteed 26 Tuesdays off a year. Rural routes are HCT only but we're finding they keep failing to help us in shared vans. The managers are doing all early morning prep and prepping households into frames
So far It's going well. 👌👌
Clappedoutpostie
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

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17 day fortnight :crazy:
Hitcher
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

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Gary55 wrote:
21 Aug 2026, 20:50
Our office has voted on a 17 day fortnight with a guaranteed 26 Tuesdays off a year.
The easiest day of the week!
FirstPost
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

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Let it burn
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

Post by Perseus »

We are doing a straight 37 hour long shift at the start of each week then getting 5 days off :dance
Gary55
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

Post by Gary55 »

We trialled working 37 hour.shifts every day for a month to get rest of the year off had to change as some of us old buggers couldn't keep up
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

Post by ted_e_bear »

Clappedoutpostie wrote:
21 Aug 2026, 21:48
17 day fortnight :crazy:
Yeah 14 days wasn't long enough to fit the work in so they extended it :chuckle
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Re: DM26 17 DAY FORTNIGHT

Post by Mr Rush »

Hitcher wrote:
21 Aug 2026, 22:48
Gary55 wrote:
21 Aug 2026, 20:50
Our office has voted on a 17 day fortnight with a guaranteed 26 Tuesdays off a year.
The easiest day of the week!
In what year? Until DM26 put our 9AM Tuesday start into alignment with the rest of the week it was just as busy as any other but with a shorter attendance.

I used to jump at the chance to work my Tuesday off if asked because it was easy money being paid a full shift to clear the walk with an hour (maybe plural) to spare! I haven't felt that way in years.
The machine stops.