I actually don't know if it's possible or not. It's okay to have over/under 40 hours a week as long as the average is 40 over the course of a month.
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > At first glance this can't be done. The first 3 periods are 8 hour > days over 5 days. The next 3 are 8 hour days over 2 days. Now if you > start playing with when one week ends and another begins then you can > move a few hours around. The fri-sat/11pm-7am leaves 1 hour in on week > and the other 15 in the next. But that doesn't help anything as the > goal is an average of 40. I can't see a single way of doing it to the > criteria stated. Someone has to have over or under a 40 hour work > week. > If this is a 'standard' math example with a real answer, I want to know it. > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a friend who took on a new job. One of the tasks she has is to > figure > > out the scheduling for her office. All the employees are union and get > > really pissy if things aren't fair. She has been tasked to come up with a > > system that as she explains it to me I don't think is even possible. Does > > anyone know of a system or algorithm to fulfill the following criteria. > > > > 8 ppl. > > Must work either a five or seven straight days. > > Shifts requirements are > > > > 3ppl mon to fri 9am to 5pm. > > 2ppl mon to fri 3pm to 11pm. > > 2ppl sun to thurs 11pm to 7am. (there's no one from 7am to 9am) > > 2ppl sat & sun 9am to 5pm. > > 2ppl sat & sun 3pm to 11pm. > > 2ppl fri & sat 11pm to 7am. > > > > Each person needs 40 hours a week, average over 4 weeks. So one two week > > period could be 9 shifts and the other 11, or 10 and 10. > > > > I tried to start coming up with a system and my brain immediately started > > smoking. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332784 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
