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Bbser Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

8 hour shifts

I see this from job postings. Could you tell me what does this exactly mean? Thanks.
  

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It means that there are rotating shifts around the clock in eight hour segments. m. m.

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It means that there are rotating shifts around the clock in eight hour segments. For example, in hospitals, the usual shifts are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., and 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Some stores, factories, or restaurants may only have two eight hour shifts daily and be closed the other 8 hours, or they may be open 24 hours daily and have three eight-hour shifts.

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