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Ten months into it, I'm convinced life sucks. There's no getting used to it or settling in for me. My off-time is almost totally worthless. On the edge!

Anything but day shift sucks. Im on 2-10. Better than overnight, but not by much. Dont get near enough done. I cant wait to get back to daylight tho.

I’ve worked it.

6pm-6am
12am-12pm.


I liked it.

I sleep fine during the day. Some folks can’t.

Folks frown at you when you buy beer at 6:30,in the morning. 😂🤪

Boomer,

condolences bud, Don't know what your hours are but some of the jobs I had I preferred the night shift.

Last place I worked, one assignment was 12 on-12off. 0700-1900 or 1900-0700. I always took the night hours if offered. A little extra "incentive" for night shift, and more importantly I got to do the job without interference from bosses, being called away for this and that, being bugged by other folks jerking off and trying to find something else to do.

Get off work, shower, go home, tend the garden, hit the hay, get up a couple of hours ahead of time if I wanted or sleep until 45 mins before work (7 min drive to work).

Need to do some banking or other stuff during "business hours"? I didn't have to lose any hours, take vacation or personal time off and such. Just plan my sleeping accordingly. And maybe drink more coffee at night.

Of course, I was lucky in that I was 500 miles from my wife and dogs and didn't have kids and scheidt to worry about.

Good luck with it all. Try to look at the bright side? Could be worse? At least you're working???

I get better sleep on nights than days. Been working 7 on 7 off switching nights/days every two weeks now for 13 years. We get 7 days off in between shifts though so we can live a little life. Ear plugs, sleep mask, and melatonin always does the trick.

I never could. Dark shades. Heavy quilts hung over windows. Even tried ear plugs. Nothing worked.

Then one day its like my circadian rhythm did a 180. Now I actually could do overnight sleep wise. But I wont. Its like a mind phugg working twice in one day.

Worked them all on rotating basis. I'm okay with it. Rather not but it's okay.

My fav when I was younger was 2-10. Done with work, close the bar and sleep in with plenty of time to make next day's start.

Spent 19 yrs on nights. The thought of ever working a night again sickens me.

I had just turned 21, still living at home after graduating Junior College and working part time while doing the school thing.

Got a job paying a penny an hour less than my old man. New guy, so no seniority for hours. Usually got called in for night shift work.

Got off early one morning, liquor stores opened at 0600. I grabbed a sixer, came home, sat down to leftover dinner, popped a beer while the old man was eating his Wheaties or something.

Got told right then and there, "This schiedt has to stop now!"

I moved out shortly after.

I mean, a man has a right to a beer after a hard night's work, right?

Nights has benefits, like no boss to micromanage you but thats about it.

Besides, if you're working all hours of the day and night....................................








how you goin' to schedule all that side action?

If you were in that situation today, the obvious answer would be to quit that job.

No admin is great. Do end up missing out on kids sports and whatnot depending.

Like some have posted, you can get everyday
business done, and you're working, but that's
about all the advantages I can think of.

The times I've worked nights it was always a
mess because all the vendors that I would
need to deal with were closed, and if anything
was needed that wasn't on hand, well that
particular job would have to be delayed until
the day shift, so nothing was gained.
And it made more than a few pretty upset
because they just couldn't understand why
everything really isn't available 24/7

The good Lord made light and darkness
for a reason

I hate working nights and always try to avoid it. Fuqqs up my schiit schedule and cuts into beer drinking. But I love the look on peoples face when you buy beer at 6 in the morning. I just smile and say to them that this is my 5 o'clock.

Worked over 20 years nights. Most 12s. Then company got bought out and started driving 50 miles one way. Always said I got my best sleep driving home in morning.

If you do it for enough years you won't be able to adapt to day shift again. The final third of my employment years were mostly a collection of night shifts,...mostly 10 hour days which ended at 3AM and a 6 hour shift on Saturday about half the time. At one point I accumulated enough seniority to go to days and it didn't last very long. I bumped back to nights.

My favorite shift was at a job that I had for a year before getting caught up in a big downsizing. It was 10 minutes from home and started at 10:30 PM, ended at 7:AM. I'd come home, sleep until about 1:30 PM, then had all afternoon and early evening for myself.

I still stay up late and sleep late.

Why?

It paid well and I didn't mind the hours.

had I not been a dumb "kid" I would have a much larger pension now and the ability to do more of the things I like now.

Flirt while working, internets great for that.....time to plays easy. Get off at 10, bj in walmart parking lot by 11, home at sleep by midnight

Wal Mart lot!

Perfectamundo baby!