Is a shift differential common? > General Discussion

Posted: 8/8/2006 7:37:35 PM EDT

How common is it for employeers to pay a Shift Differential to employees working crappy over night hours?

I work in the support department for a web hosting company that's open 24/7. We have 9 shifts that rotate every 4 weeks or so. 4 of these shifs are working crappy hours like Thrusday - Friday 4p - 3a. or worse. Monday - Saturday 8p - 5a(an entire month my life is put on hold. Not to mention the other 2 shift that put life on hold)

Personally I think those that get stuck on those shifts should get a little more than those working a nice 7a - 4p or 12p - 9p Monday - Friday. Those shifts actually allow someone to have a life.

What say the "hive mind"?

Posted: 8/8/2006 7:55:08 PM EDT

[#1]

My employer doesn't do nights or anything, but my brother gets weekend pay (time and a half) for working second shift when it's not his regular shift, and if he is need to work second they do pay more (just not that much more). They call it a "shift bonus".

Posted: 8/8/2006 7:58:15 PM EDT

[#2]

I used to work from midnight to 9am, I got an extra $3.50 an hour.
Some guys worked for a different contractor and didn't get it.

Posted: 8/8/2006 7:58:59 PM EDT

[#3]

I get 8% extra for working 2-10pm, mid shift pays an extra 12%. Where I work, it seems to be split evenly between those that pay diff and those that don't.

Posted: 8/8/2006 8:00:40 PM EDT

[#4]

I get shift differential at my job, but it's per hour and it isn't much!

Posted: 8/8/2006 8:03:21 PM EDT

[#5]

.50 shift differential for the department I'm applying for.

Posted: 8/8/2006 8:16:24 PM EDT

[#6]

I got one when I worked mid's... dont recall how much though.. I wanna say $1.50 /hr

Posted: 8/8/2006 9:24:16 PM EDT

[#7]

I've only worked in hospitals and yes, evening tour and night tour get paid shift differentials, noc shift making more than eves.

Hey, I'm just glad some people will work those crappy hours, pay 'em more!!!

Posted: 8/8/2006 9:34:40 PM EDT

[#8]

I get a shift dif. It's not enough to make working mids worthwhile. I do it for my own reasons.

Posted: 8/8/2006 9:43:18 PM EDT

[#9]

We get .75 cents a hour were I work for being on second shift

Posted: 8/8/2006 9:44:00 PM EDT

[#10]

I get about a 10% increase over daylighters for working third.

Not a huge deal, but it helps. I mainly work third to avoid traffic and bosses.

Posted: 8/8/2006 10:19:39 PM EDT

[#11]

10% Second Shift
15% Third Shift
35% Sundays

Posted: 8/8/2006 10:21:44 PM EDT

[#12]

When i worked corrections you got .50 extra a hour for 2nd and 3rd shifts

Posted: 8/8/2006 11:46:55 PM EDT

[#13]

I get shift differential for working 1500-2330. The differential starts from 1500 and goes to 0600, but you have to work at least past 1900 to get it for your whole shift. It isn't much, but it does add up at the end of the month.

Posted: 8/8/2006 11:53:39 PM EDT

[#14]

I get approx 1.50 an hour extra for the hours from 12am-6am.

My regular shift is 12am-9am.

It's nice, but I would work night shift even if I didn't get it.

Posted: 8/8/2006 11:59:14 PM EDT

[#15]

i work nights and we get a 15% differential, but if your working a rotating shift it seems everyone will be stuck on the night shift eventually... thats probably how they are justifying not paying out a differential - not that i would agree with that mentality. personally 15% to screw up your life outside work is definatly not worth it, for me anyways... i would go back to a day shift in a heartbeat!

Posted: 8/9/2006 1:57:37 AM EDT

[#16]

Yep, 10% 2nd shift, 15% 3rd. Plus weekend premiums.

Posted: 8/9/2006 3:16:53 AM EDT

[#17]

I work from 11:30 pm untill 6:30 am 6.5 hours i get paid for 8 hours.
But then again i work for a union company.

But most places even non union get shift diferental pay on 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Posted: 8/9/2006 3:52:17 AM EDT

[#18]

Rotating shifts usually don't have a differential because everyone has to rotate through it and everybody does it. If I owned a company that had shifts like that... be damned if I would pay a SD for something that everyone else does. See how easy that was.

Now, companies that pay SD for employees that are on contract for:
1) Particular hours of the day
2) Weekends
3) Whatever else...

Well, those companies pay a SD that could almost make up to 30% of a salary. Nurses that do ER under those conditions can rack-up.

Posted: 8/9/2006 4:06:37 AM EDT

[#19]

10% for 2nd shift (8 hrs) and 8% for 3rd shift (3rd shift only works 6 hrs but gets paid for 8 hrs).

Posted: 8/9/2006 4:21:40 AM EDT

[#20]

Night dif is the primary reason I don't do day tours. - works out to about $3500.00 extra per year. Not much but how many hours of O/T does a day tour guy have to do to make up that difference? See? I'm already ahead!

Posted: 8/9/2006 4:27:18 AM EDT

[#21]

We get 5% for afternoons, 10% for mids.

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