Weekend program pros vs cons

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I currently work every Wednesday through Saturday night from 11pm to 7am. I am contemplating switching to a weekend program where I would work every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 7pm- 7am. However, with the weekend program, I would only be allowed to take off 4 weekends per year. But it's an $11 an hour raise. Is it worth it?

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Specializes in CEN, Firefighter/Paramedic.

No one can really answer this but you.. 

kids.. sports.. significant others schedule.. how bad to you need the money (that's an extra $20k if you haven't done the math yet).

 

 

 

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There's definitely things to consider with weekend program depending on your personal life. Weekend program doesn't work for everyone. That being said, I have worked weekend program for 11 years. My weekend program is the same with 4 weekends off/year. Some pros for me are the higher pay, more days off during the week, the same benefits as working 40 hours/week, less interaction with management, and it just works better for me with my personal life overall. There are times that I miss events working weekends, but I also have an excuse for when there is something on a weekend I don't feel like attending. 😂

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Specializes in IDD, and private duty.

I LOVE working weekends. Double shifts Saturday and Sunday with full benefits, and five straight days off.  I homeschool my son while my husband works M-F. It's also much less crowded during the week when I'm running errands etc.

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Specializes in Medical Intake Tech in Juvenile Detention.

I would say it depends on your family situation. If you have kids, or have other family you visit often, I would think it would be very difficult to do anything together when most people are only going to be free during the week in the evenings.

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Be careful of the fine print! The last hospital I worked at that had that deal allowed for a maximum of 3 call outs in a set period for any reason AT ALL.  You couldn't schedule annual leave on a weekend or call out sick. Once you hit 3 you still had the same schedule but without the extra pay!

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Specializes in General Hospital Medical.

I did 7p-7a weekends years, then switched to 7a-7p for 8 months, while I was in school to get my RN. It was very nice, but I couldn't go back to working every single weekend again. I miss my family and it's so hard to see them when they only have weekends off.

Just something to think about.

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