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tufguy

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Hi guys,

Please tell. If I get a call for a job and if I want to know about the shift timings, like whether I will have to work in fixed or rotational shift. So can I say "Could you please tell me whether it has or this company has fixed or rotational shifts" or "Would I be working in fixed or rotational shifts"?
 

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You could ask "Will my working hours be fixed or will they rotate?
 

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You have used the word 'timings' again wrongly.
It should be shift hours or shift working hours.

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What about my sentences? Apart from "Shift timings".
 

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Mike's version is much simpler and clearer, don't you think?
You should aim for that in your writing.

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I wanted to ask you, how to say it.
 

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"Would I be working in fixed or rotational shifts?"
This is acceptable.
 

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Here, we would just say "will I be expected to work different shifts?"
 
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