Gwen Bartel, Lead Hand
My Day
Schedule is fixed
I work a 40 hour work week. I can't make my own hours because my schedule is not flexible. We have to create a plan and schedule to meet our rates. Every day I start at 5:30am and finish at 2:00pm. It's a 24 hour factory, so there are normally three shifts.
After 9/11 we went down to two shifts because a decline in passengers using planes resulted in layoffs. We're building up again and there's quite a bit of movement, so we'll be back up to three shifts.