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tulipsandroses

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23. Yeah it differs from facility to facility . I worked what's called a Baylor Shift

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Mon May 25, 2020, 09:01 PM

May 2020

Work weekends -36 hrs and get paid for 40.

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Yeah it differs from facility to facility . I worked what's called a Baylor Shift tulipsandroses May 2020 #23

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