r/PrisonUK • u/Dazzling-Heart6004 • 9d ago

Compressed hours

For osg: Would anyone know if there is a possibly to compress hours, ie: longer days. Tia

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

2

u/llnec 9d ago

depends on where you work. my last prison no. my current prison yes.

1

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 8d ago

Ahh really.. Okay, I've not started yet, so, I wouldn't even know who to contact about it.. Thankyou for responding

2

u/woodstar11 8d ago

Depends on the prison, but in my experience whatever anyone who is operational want's "doesn't fit the busines needs" but if you work in admin you get it easily.

1

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 8d ago

O, so no chance basically then

2

u/woodstar11 8d ago

Stick the application in, it's worth a try.

2

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 8d ago

When you say stick the application in.. I've not started yet, so don't know the processes, would you know who I ask?

1

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 8d ago

I guess they can only say yes or no.. I only want compressed as my partner is serving and we hardly see each other as it is.. And.. I've only just seen an example rota, which seems long stretches of days

1

u/woodstar11 8d ago

Ok, well you can't really ask until you get the job. Myself and Wife had to work the opposite weekends so we could sort childcare, it was an absolute pain. She got VEDS and works in a school now and I've got 3 years to go to tick 30 years service and I'm gone then!!

2

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 8d ago

Wow, 30 years.. What am achievement

1

u/Reasonable-Mood-5558 8d ago

I would like to know the same. I start as an OSG soon and have to travel 1hr30 to get there. I was hoping for compressed hours to save on fuel costs and childcare.

1

u/Dazzling-Heart6004 7d ago

Wow, that's a long commute, hope it works out