split shifts
Fragmented daily schedules
Split shifts are work schedules divided into two or more separate periods in a single day, with a significant unpaid gap between them.
Common in restaurants, transit, and healthcare, where demand peaks at certain hours: She works a split shift—breakfast rush, then back for dinner service.
The arrangement suits some workers but leaves others with fragmented days and unpaid waiting time.
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- double shiftTwo work periods consecutively
- shift rotationAlternating work period assignments
- swing shiftLate afternoon work period
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
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- shift workshift work, overtime, night shift, shift rotation, shift patterns
- work arrangementsjob sharing, part-time, part-time work, full-time, remote work
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- flexible workflex days, variable hours, four-day week, remote work, telecommuting
split shiftsnine-to-five
Regular office schedule
day shift · block scheduling · eight-hour day · eight-hour shift