I met a kid back in the 70s who was working as a roughneck in Oman, making 4 times as much money as I was. After he described his typical tour of duty, I was no longer envious. I think itwas 3 weeks on, then a month off, but “home” was a 2-day commute at his expense.
When I worked next door in glorious Yemen, the commute was the same, on our time, but the company paid for an equivalent air fair to Europe.
But I was working 8 weeks on, 2 weeks off. 7/12 when on, we got paid 40h hr/wk when off.