I used to get paid four hours showup time to drive fourty five minuets in to the plant to push a reset button on a motor control station.
Usually at two in the morning.
Shift operators were not allowed to do this task as there may be a reason the the reset tripped.
Drive back home, catch more sleep.
Then show up for the regular shift at seven thirty…
So get woken at 2am, leave home at 2.30, arrive back home at 4.15 (15 mins to get to the button and check things) , fall asleep if you’re lucky by 5am, get woken by your alarm at 6 in the middle of REM sleep, shower, dress, leave at 6.45 for 7.30 arrival at work
I used to get paid four hours showup time to drive fourty five minuets in to the plant to push a reset button on a motor control station. Usually at two in the morning. Shift operators were not allowed to do this task as there may be a reason the the reset tripped. Drive back home, catch more sleep. Then show up for the regular shift at seven thirty…
So get woken at 2am, leave home at 2.30, arrive back home at 4.15 (15 mins to get to the button and check things) , fall asleep if you’re lucky by 5am, get woken by your alarm at 6 in the middle of REM sleep, shower, dress, leave at 6.45 for 7.30 arrival at work
I would be coming in late that day.
Often I did. 24/7 oncall made me a lot of cash. Sometimes I was the only one on the maintenance crew that was sober…