22 years old. Would you rather work 12 hour days 3-4 days a week or 8 hour days 6-7 days a week? Got 2 job offers. I like them both, but the schedules are different. I'm thinking of going for the 12 hour shift one. It pays less but has better benefits and I basically have half the year off. The other pays $5 more per hour but has a shitty 401K, health insurance is shit (they don't even cover the deductible), and a no missed days policy for the first year. So if I'm sick, then I might as well find a new job.
The 12 hour shift job is operating machinery in a plastic plant that I've been working for since I turned 18, packing and inspecting vinyl siding for houses. So will be putting up with shitty smells and heat all day. But I finally completed operator training and can run machinery now. Pays $18.50/hour. The other job is in a chocolate plant, operating peanut roasting machinery. It pays $22/hour.
>>1220977
do you get overtime for the plastic plant job?
>>1220977
go with the second one ya dummy, you gonna make hundreds more a week, save up and then invest it and gtfo
>>1220977
Well obviously you would make more at the peanut factory so I'd work there if I were you, but do whatever works for you man.
>>1220977
I'm a nurse I do the 12's, its the way to go even if you have a family - one recovery / running errands and shopping day and you still have a 3 day weekend.
Plus unless you have nothing but good habits and an abundance of willpower you aren't going to be doing anything useful after you're 8 hour shift anyway
>>1220996
>do you get overtime for the plastic plant job?
Depends on the time of the year. Sometimes once a week sometimes once a year.
>>1221006
Yeah I've been working 12s since I was 18 and kind of like it. The 4 day off weeks are great. I can always go camping or fishing. I couldn't imagine working Mon-Fri yet alone 6-7 days a week.
>>1221023
Fuck. I meant sometimes once a week sometimes once a month.
>>1220977
3 - 4 days a week is better.
work days are shot anyway.
sometimes i work a 6hr day, but somehow the day is still just ruined, not really any extra fun to be had with the remaining time
>>1221023
i meant daily. anything over 8 hours is supposed to be overtime
>>1221090
Anything over 40 hours a week is 1.5x pay in this state.
job 2 produces between 39% and 59% more money based on your numbers
