It is usually implemented in industries which have to run continuously 24/7 like:
Chemical plants
Refineries
Power plants / power houses (both nuclear and coal)
and…
Police departments
The “perk” to the DuPont schedule is that whatever crew you are on, you are scheduled (key word…”scheduled” ) to have like 6/7 days off in a row.
You can read up on the DuPont schedule here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_plan
That is one version of it.
My spidey sense gets tingley with a name like “DuPont” behind it .
It makes me think that somehow it short changes workers on overtime pay (anything past 40 hours in a week period).
But I could be wrong.
Besides, that perk of having 1 week off per month…I bet the low man on the totem pole… gets stuck with forced overtime during that week off.
I currently work at a refinery on a modified Panama schedule.
We voted the DuPont schedule down twice.
What say you?