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Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by virgilp on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:25AM (#22493704)
AFAIK they work in shifts, non-stop; crazy hours & weekend is irrelevant in this context.
Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by brlewis on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:42AM (#22494445)
This part of the article is about shifts for assembly workers:

So Musk is making the machine to make the machine. Musk has brought lessons learned from Tesla’s assembly line so workers do not burn out. They will work three 12-hour days and then have a four-day weekend. Then they’ll work four 12-hour shifts with a three-day weekend. Thus, with four shifts, the Boca Chica site can operate at full capacity 24 hours a day, seven days a week. SpaceX is throwing in hot meals every three to four hours, for free.

Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by Cobord on Thursday March 05, 2020 @12:26PM (#22495730)
Or he doesn't care about burnout. Because of the branding of how cool space is, and robotic missions that actually advance the science not being as sexy, he has a fresh supply of excited people (rant about the science vs the sensation). Knowing former SpaceX employees informs that.
Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by onychomys on Thursday March 05, 2020 @11:35AM (#22495076)
I think that schedule actually sounds pretty great. I mean, it wouldn't work in my life now because I have kids and a dog and whatnot, but in my 20s? I'd have done 36-72-72-36 in a heartbeat. Imagine always looking forward to a three or four day weekend!
Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by mr_luc on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:10PM (#22496252)
I'm happy with my 9-to-5 schedule now -- I can stop work at a specific time, and mostly stop worrying. Mostly. But it's not the same kind of freedom as knowing that the weekend has started, and that there is a multi-day period where you can start forgetting about that whole world (barring emergencies, of course).

Rotating between three and FOUR-day weekends? Wow.