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Through much of my career I was overseen but not supervised, and fairly well set the schedule. Sometimes that meant working 16 hour days and way into the night, but I was doing stuff I enjoyed and needed to be done before tomorrow - those times were OK.

My every summer job at the oil refinery when a student was mostly day work for years, but down toward the end of that run they gave me better pay rate assignments and that was night/shift work - mostly 4pm to midnight - not bad for the sleeping aspect. I was rebuilding the engine of my1954 Chevy that summer (outdoors, on the end of Dad's driveway) and that was good - worked in daylight and then off to the refinery. Dad checked my progress when he got home each day (noted any errors and made suggestions) and i was good to go the next AM.

Much of that night shift work that summer was on the docks - unloading crude from big tankers and loading finished product onto barges. Not difficult work (although a bit dirty) and having long breaks with coffee on the fantail of a big tanker - looking out over the Delaware on a beautiful summer evening - not a bad way to end my old summer job.

There's a reason why night shift pay is higher. Because it sucks and is not good for your long term health.

Holy chit, shift change every two weeks?! Fugg that!

I preferred nights over afternoons. I used to work 12's at night. 3 on 4 off, 4 on 3 off. I had a ton of time for hunting.

I worked rotating 12 hour shifts for 28 years.
Sucks isn’t quite the term for it. It’s a life shortening thing.
4 Graves Fri-Mon. Off at 8am Tues.
3 Days Fri-Sun.
3 Graves Tues-Thurs.
4 Days Mon-Thurs.
7 Days off.
Work a month’s worth in 3 weeks to get 7 Days off. It was the best schedule option of the 6-7 different schedules we tried.
That said, it’s a life sucking drag that will beat the morning person right out of you.
Luckily I retired before it killed me.

Used to do rotating 12's

6a-6p for 2 days
2 days off
6p-6a for 2 days

Rinse repeat

Even every month sucked.

12 & 12, 7 days on, 7 off, 7 on, 7 off..............Next 7 switch shifts.

Just leave me on nights and leave me the H alone.

In the Navy - I always did days or nights, never 2nd shift. Hated 2nd and would trade out of it, but we'd do them on a 30 day run. Not too bad. Get in a grove.

Damn, that's a chitty deal. Guess I've been lucky over the years. Worst I ever had was split days off - Sunday and Tuesday. And that only lasted a few months.

I've worked four 10's (7am - 6pm) with Saturday, Sunday, and Monday off for probably 20 years.

Been there, done it for 15 years. Yes it sucks.

Buddy of mine said come home sleep 4 hours get up for 4 hours then go back to bed and get up about an hour before work like you would in the morning.

I never had to try it thank the good Lord!


Mike

4 10's is the cat's arse.

Or work 9's and get every other Friday off - I could like that too if people freak over a 10 hour day.

Right now I work 5 - 11 hour days, M-F and then as needed on weekends. Salary is a bitch lol

This - did 23 years of it.

Was always fond of swing shift, and during my service time in Nam preferred the night shift. Liked to be awake when the rockets came in.

What a buncha pussies.

I hate nights. Can’t sleep for crap during the day. More of a bed at 9pm up at 5am person myself.

But working emergency department I end up sometimes working days,mids, and nights. No consistency. This week one night then a mid then a night. It fuggs your head up honestly to switch around like that. If I sleep 4/5 hours on mids or nights I did good.

If your hating it. Time to move on. No point in being miserable

Never worked nights

Ever


Can’t roof in the dark. 😃

Yep,

a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do to provide for the fam!

Laughs in 24 hour shifts.

Not even at the Johns Manville plant?