Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 We are in the process of starting a bid procedure. We will bid every 4 months now. The first one will go by seniority, with the rule being that you can't bid for the shift you are currently working. Then from there anyone who gets their first pick goes to the bottom of the list, giving someone new a chance next time around. I am curious to see how it will work. Mel Melinda M. Dispatcher O'Fallon, MO PD theclarkgirls@... mclark@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 we in San Diego do it by seniority.....we also put in several choices incase " the " one we want is not available.....we rotate every 4 months.....so that comes out to 3x a year....during that time, I stay on days for 2 consecutive shifts then go to swings....we have several people that stay on graves cuz them simply enjoy them...some of them have more seniority than I and then there are those that are at the bottom of the pool and get administratively assigned.... Does that help?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 We bid for shift and days off every 3 months by seniority. Senior dispatchers get what they want and evryone else gets whats left.Only requirement is that there has to be at least 1 CTO on each shift. New dispatchers must rotate through every shift during their 1st year AFTER they have completed training. Clyde Pinellas Park PD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 We have 11 full time and 1 part time. When the trainees are cut loose they are assigned a shift. Seniority gets their pick of days off and the newbies get what's left. This ensures that the newbies have worked all 3 core shifts during their first year of being on their own and also ensures that all the newbies don't get on the same shift together. Also only 1 newbie per shift. Hope this helps Clyde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'm very lucky. I have a select few of senior top notch folks that love midnights. They hate it when the new folks have to go to mids 'cause it takes a spot away from them. Clyde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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