[Histonet] Work hours

[sheila adey]

We have 3 full time techs and we work 4 nine hour shifts with a 4hr half 
day. We rotate which day we get for the half day. Wed. Thurs. or Fri. 
Momdays and Tuesdays we all work 9 hours.
We make sure all the maintenance gets done on the first 2 days of the week 
when we are all there. We love it.



Sheila Adey HT MLT
Port Huron Hospital
Michigan





>From: "Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/CCID/NCZVED)" <jqb7 <@t> CDC.GOV>
>To: "Dawn Cowie" <dlcowie <@t> prodigy.net>, "Mike Pence" 
><mpence <@t> grhs.net>,"Rene J Buesa" <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>,"Patti Loykasek" 
><ploykasek <@t> phenopath.com>,"histonet" <histonet <@t> pathology.swmed.edu>
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] Work hours
>Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:53:13 -0400
>
>It's also a really nice way for the techs to save gas money and car wear.  
>It's the "green" thing to do!
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Dawn Cowie
>Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:47 PM
>To: Mike Pence; Rene J Buesa; Patti Loykasek; histonet
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] Work hours
>
>We tried this at our lab. It worked really well for a while. We put 
>together a schedule that allowed the tech to be off on Monday - gave them a 
>3 day weekend. The next week a tech would be off on Friday - gave them a 3 
>day weekend. The next week the tech would be off on Wednesday - they would 
>then work Mon, Tues - be off Wed then work Thurs and Fri. Each tech was 
>worked into the schedule this way. It was a bit difficult to work the 
>details, but everyone really enjoyed it. We developed a problem tho when we 
>lost 1 tech and 1 of the remaining techs needed to go back to the old 
>schedule because of family issues. We no longer had enough techs to make it 
>work so they all had to go back to the old schedule.
>   My feeling is that as long as you have the work and enough techs to make 
>it possible, its a good alternative to normal scheduling. Most of the techs 
>don't feel like they're working a full time job.
>   Just my 2 cents. Hope this gives you something useful.
>
>   Dawn L. Cowie, HT (ASCP) Su
>   Pensacola Pathologists, PA
>   Pensacola, FL 32503
>   850-416-7251
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>
>Mike Pence <mpence <@t> grhs.net> wrote:
>   How do you decide who gets which days off! Are they floating days?
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu 
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J 
>Buesa
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:52 AM
>To: Patti Loykasek; histonet
>Subject: Re: [Histonet] Work hours
>
>
>I have tried it.
>Cons: If yu don't have a flow of specimens in 4 days equivalent to the flow 
>on 5 days, the personnel will be idling some time each day. If specimens or 
>workload is available everybody will have work to do.
>Pros: it is fantastic having 3 days off weekly. Everybody likes that!
>René J.
>
>Patti Loykasek
>wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone in histoland has experienced moving from a 
>schedule of standard 8 hour day/5 days a week to a 10 hour day/4 days a 
>week with techs having a day off during the week. If so, what are the pros 
>and cons of this type of schedule. I'm interested in feedback from both 
>bench techs and supervisor/managers. We are in the initial stages of 
>contemplating this and would appreciate info from anyone that has tried it. 
>Thank you.
>
>
>Patti Loykasek BS, HTL, QIHC
>PhenoPath Laboratories
>Seattle, WA
>
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