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Changing a Schedule After You Published It
A change to a published shift is not an edit to a document, it is a change to a week somebody already built around it.
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Shift Work
Shift Work
Explore a more focused slice of the newsroom, with each story designed to be useful in real teams and real decisions.
How Far Ahead People Know
Publishing late does not remove uncertainty, it transfers it onto the people being scheduled. Six ways notice gets decided, what late notice costs
Who Gets the Good Shifts
Every rota distributes desirable and undesirable time, whether or not anybody decided to. Six allocation methods reviewed, what counts as a good shift
Shift Swaps: Letting People Trade Without Losing Control of the Rota
Restricting swaps does not stop them, it moves them somewhere you cannot see. Five approaches reviewed, the constraints worth enforcing when you devolve
Shift Work: Designing a Rota People Can Live With
A rota can cover every hour and still be one nobody can build a life around. Six patterns reviewed, the three things a rota is actually judged
The Split Shift: When It Works and Who Pays For It
The split shift does not remove the dead hours, it decides who pays for them. Five alternatives reviewed, an honest account of where the cost lands
