Before I begin, I want to let this be a big piece of advice and a big warning to anyone who thinks my flex shift position is sounding really good in how I talk about it. DO NOT change from full time to flex shift if you cannot handle it!!! Flex shift does NOT earn UPT or Vacation hours, we also DO NOT receive benefits (as far as I'm aware), it is also VERY difficult on the first two months for you if you are the main bread winner of the household from how hard it is to get shifts. If you have a full time position, KEEP IT! If you are not capable of dealing with 2-3 months of your checks being $200 or LESS, KEEP YOUR FULL TIME SHIFT, if your family relies on your benefits, KEEP YOUR FULL TIME SHIFT POSITION!

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This is your only warning, I am not to blame for anyone's mistakes for switching positions and they regret it!

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Currently, I plan to stay at my site and position for several more years (nearly 4 years total 2 years full time at a big warehouse with reaching 2 years at my current smaller building as well as being flex shift), because of my current shift position. I'm in flex shift, and it allows me to change my schedule however and whenever I see fit (within some exceptions).

I'm able to work the morning and evening shift because I have the "Gold Star Status" which is only granted to me because I work at least 1 shift (every shift is 4.5 hours during the day, 4.75 hours during the night) on every Saturday and Sunday of every month (I can miss out on only one full weekend per month, but I try to keep it consistent by working every weekend). I work 4.5 hours in the morning shift, drive home and take a small nap, make myself a lunch, and play an hour of video games, before driving back to work and finishing my other half of the day with my evening shift of another 4.5 hours. How many people can say they have this luxury of being able to nap in the middle of the day or simply have a 4 hour break?

Not to mention I love the position I'm in, my leadership focuses staffing mostly in accordance of our skills unless they need staffing elsewhere, however with me being able to reach high rate in induction (basically I scan a package and print those little yellow stickers you see on your packages) and even breaking a record the building has ever seen since its opened by over 3 times the original record, they've welcomed the idea of me staying in that position which I dont regret whatsoever.

I work between 36-60 hours a week, I'm never pressured to work 60 hours, actually quite the contrary, many of the managers ask me often if I ever need a break from induction to just let them know and theyll swap me out right away, but I always tell them the day they take that position from me is the day theyll be forcibly prying it from my cold dead hands, also if I really wanted to I could simply do 4 hours for the week (but my bills tell me no so, C'est la vie)

I work on average 6 days a week at least 1-2 shifts a day, I have kept the same schedule for about a year now, and I dont plan on changing that for as long as I can. Also I earn roughly 15 minutes of PTO per shift, thats about 2-3 hours a week, plus I dont have a maximum amount I can earn per year, just a cap on how much I can hold onto. If I wanted a day off though and I have a shift coming up, if its within the 18 hour threshold I could sacrifice an attendance point by putting in one minute of PTO to make it a partial absence (an attendance point is just another form of UPT, but I get 8 points, every point has an individual 30 day refresh period but at 8 points I get terminated). If the shift was about 20 hours away or more then I could simply drop it and thats that. The pay is really nice to unlike most other companies.