Let’s look at the pros and cons of swing shifts from both the perspective of employees and management and see the key areas you need to focus on to make your shift patterns work.
Just because managing swing shifts can be a little more complicated doesn’t mean you can’t be successful with it though. They don’t have the luxury of telling everyone to come in at 9 AM and leave at 5 PM- it’s more complicated than that. Swing shift hours are a necessity for many businesses. How successful you are at this will depend on your scheduling process. At the same time, your employees need to be able to plan their lives around their shifts. You have to be able to organize your human capital in the way that works best for you though. It’s not always easy to coordinate a large workforce (or even a small one) to make sure you have all the skills you need at any given time. The hours allow people flexibility that a 9-to-5 job doesn’t offer, but employees can only take advantage of these benefits when scheduling works like clockwork. When done well, swing shifts can be a positive option for workers. Instead, each day is like a puzzle, where you need to make sure you have the right pieces in the right place at the right time.īusinesses need to make sure they have the right people working together at the right time while communicating with employees effectively. You don’t have everyone turning up at 9 AM and leaving at 5 PM every day. However, swing shifts also have implications for managers as well, and it’s how management overcomes these challenges that will dictate the success of swing shift patterns. We often focus on swing shifts from the point of view of the employees - what is it like to work swing shifts, etc.
#SWING SHIFT DRIVERS#
As consumers, we most commonly see this in the hospitality and retail industries (they’re open when you’re not at work), but swing shifts take place in many business types.īy utilizing swing shifts, factories can run 24 hours a day, maximizing their output, truck drivers can drive through the night to avoid traffic, and emergency services can be on hand whenever we need them. Swing shift patterns are most common in businesses where they need to be open beyond the standard 9-to-5 hours. For example, a waiter may work the morning shift on a Monday from 6 AM to 2 PM, but work the afternoon shift on Tuesday from noon until 8 PM. When working swing shifts, an employee’s schedule might change regularly, meaning they work different hours from day to day. Instead, employees work at different intervals throughout the day and night. Anyway, despite the questionable change in tone, it's a decent enough programmer, especially the bouncy first half.Swing shift hours don’t follow a conventional 9-to-5 workday. Still, I wish the rather lengthy run-time (87-min.) spent more time with how the women were adjusting to their new roles, which might also have made good comedy. Also, the little episode with Iris's long locks explains why the iconic Rosie is always pictured with bundled hair. Just why wasn't explained, but I surmise it was to make possible espionage more difficult. But what I picked up was that each segment of the airplane assembly line was sealed off by guards from the others. There's some Rosie the Riveter feminism as expected. I figured a swing shift at a defense plant might provide insight. One reason I watch these wartime programmers is to catch some flavor of the times. Too bad, but then it seems good comedy scripts are harder to do than good melodrama- maybe that's why.
#SWING SHIFT MOVIE#
The transition is rather skillfully managed still, the movie loses its bouncy strong point, becoming almost melodramatic instead. And to spice things up, we don't just wonder which girl Breezy (Craig) will end up with, there are even hints that it might be both! (Pretty naughty for the time.) But then the screenplay turns gradually somber as the troubled Iris (Rogers) takes over and the breezy Breezy drops out of sight. Then too, Sothern and Craig act out the lines with bounce and sass. The first half is almost delightful, thanks to a light touch and some snappy dialog.
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