Mike:
Sometimes....it's better to say "good buy" to clients like that.
Yes, the economic conditions are not great, but it may be better in the looking forward sense for your own well being. Being available, or standby for any 24 hr plant can be taxing on the person who has to be 'on-call'.
I did it for a printing operation, and was the happiest guy when they went to a 2 shift operation instead of 3.
