For offshore workers

Three weeks on, three weeks off, and no way to be reached in between

Offshore and remote-site work runs on rotations measured in weeks: two on and two off, three and three, sometimes longer. It is the most predictable schedule in this whole set and the hardest on the people at home, because for the on-weeks you are genuinely gone.

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The schedules this actually has to cope with

Freeish is built around these, not around a nine-to-five with the occasional exception.

Multi-week trips

Two, three or four weeks on site, working long days for the whole of it.

Travel days

A day either end that belongs to neither the trip nor the time off, and is frequently forgotten by everybody.

Weather delays

A helicopter that cannot fly moves your return by days, with no warning.

Twelve-hour days, every day

No days off during a trip. The rotation is the rest.

What it sounds like at home

“My family count down to a return date that can move by three days.”
“Travel days get forgotten, so everyone expects me a day early.”
“Nobody at home can remember which weeks are on and which are off.”
“I miss whole events by being on the wrong side of a rotation.”
“The time zone at home is different from the one I am working in.”

Where Freeish fits

Set the rotation once and it generates forward — trips and time off, months ahead.

Travel days go in as their own thing rather than being absorbed into either side.

When weather moves a return, one edit tells everyone at home.

Everyone sees times in their own zone, which matters when the site is in another.

One week, start to finish

Stefan, offshore technician

Stefan sets his three-on three-off rotation once.
His family can see the whole year of trips and home weeks.
Travel days are visible either end, so nobody expects him a day early.
Weather delays the return by two days; he moves one block.
His parents book a visit into a home week six months out.

Questions offshore workers ask

Does it handle a rotation measured in weeks?

Yes. Set the pattern once and it repeats forward, so the whole year is visible rather than re-entered each trip.

What happens when my return is delayed?

Move the block. Everyone following sees it, which is better than a message from somewhere with poor signal.

Does it work with no connectivity?

Changes you make are saved and sync when you have a connection again. You are not stuck waiting for signal to update your family.

Stop being the schedule. Start sharing it.

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