Dear A area,
Damien and I met with Raelyn and Tasha this afternoon to discuss our end-of-the-swing staffing and how insanely short we are at the end of the night. We collaboratively agreed to move a 14 shift to a 15 on a rotating basis, starting on Sunday, Feb. 9. (If you have a nine-hour 13, that would become a nine-hour 14. And if you have a 10-hour 12, that would become a 10-hour 13.)
With our agreed-upon schedule, we’re currently above guides during the middle of the afternoon every day, which has been really helpful for us the past two years to help with our changeover. However, because we’re so short on the back end, we’re going to move one person by one hour so that we can get through the end of the night and balance things out.
I don’t think will make our schedule perfect by any means — we need a bunch more people to do that — but I think it will at least make the end of the night workable.
Our fatigue rules will limit the people who are eligible to be moved. And it will result in some people’s schedules being changed post-publishing, since Damien and Raelyn published through March 8 today. The agency has pledged to not change anyone’s schedules inside of seven days, and they’re going to solicit for volunteers if you want to move to a later shift. If you currently have a shift that ends between 9:30 and 10 p.m. and want to move an hour later, please let Damien or Raelyn know.
And you will need to double-check your schedules later on to see if you’ve been shift-balanced to a later shift. (I expect the agency to also notify you in writing of the change).
This change will result in quite a few people being moved in the short term, but after dear Kevin Brothers returns to the floor following his Art. 5 detail, we will gain a late body for five days in the week. So theoretically, there shouldn’t be a lot of people being forced into later shifts over the course of the year (until the next shoe drops).
Please let me or Damien know if you have any questions about this.
In solidarity,
Dan Rasmussen
801-860-3821