Advice - Anyone work shifts?
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Doom_On_Horseback
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Question is, what are the benefits to you for working shifts as opposed to what you do now?
motownjunk
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Worked them for years. Personally much prefer mon to fri 9 til 5 especially as I got older. Guys with kids liked doing them as it saved on child care costs.
northernrower
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I work shifts. Love it.
So much more time off, and the time off you get isn't restricted to busy weekends. Not problem getting doctors, dentist, or barbers appointments.
Places are less crowded.
By working 12 hour shifts (which I presume you are), you're maximising your time at work. Getting the hours in whilst you're already there. Your day is already ruined so you might as well do a few more hours each shift to benefit from the extra days off.
So much more time off, and the time off you get isn't restricted to busy weekends. Not problem getting doctors, dentist, or barbers appointments.
Places are less crowded.
By working 12 hour shifts (which I presume you are), you're maximising your time at work. Getting the hours in whilst you're already there. Your day is already ruined so you might as well do a few more hours each shift to benefit from the extra days off.
The time off would be main thing. The 10 days off is very appealing
Boro.Fur
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I would imagine the first day of your rest period you'll spend sleeping.
I work similar and I couldn't ever go back to 9-5 I don't think. Love getting things done midweek when everyone else is at work and the 10 off I'm always out up the hills etc getting walks in.
Only negative is all your weekends come at once
In my job yes. I managed to get the full euros in at Germany with 4 days annual leave. Pretty sure OP would be able to do that with his holidays
BobUpnDown
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Nights can be a killer, getting your body clock in sync again: sleep, food & losing a day ( at least ) recovering.. & missing out socially..
I did 12h shifts in my 30's & was ok, but money isn't worth the chew - I'd find a better paying job that works, regular & social hours..
I did 12h shifts in my 30's & was ok, but money isn't worth the chew - I'd find a better paying job that works, regular & social hours..
Dutch Clash
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Shifts aren’t for everyone, the shift changes can knock ***** out of you. And what Bob said is spot-on
But the 10 days off sounds nice like
But the 10 days off sounds nice like
breakthewallsdown
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Norman_Conquest
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Or have a couple of hours and get up early.The trick is not going to bed after the last night shift
Europeantour
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I've worked these shifts for the past 8 years and love them. The swap over from days to nights then nights to days is hard on the body, the time off is fantastic though.
Europeantour
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I can also do this in my job, the downside is, I have to use a day and a half for one days holiday because its 12h shifts.
Teesside96
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I worked the same shift pattern for nearly 10 years.
Temporarily not doing it atm - don’t think I could ever not do it long term now. Currently working 2 days 2 nights 4 off with holidays and that feels awful in comparison.
You do sleep your first rest day however I always feel days to nights feels like a day off as your off for 24 hours.
Will it entail much manual graft - I always think this makes a big difference doing so on nights - in my earlier years it could burn me out 12 hours nights on my feet a lot
But I always think, your first set back your sort of ready to come back to work for a change of scenery - second set is abit of a nothingy set - third set your excited and in a good mood because your on your 10 again. Rinse and repeat
Temporarily not doing it atm - don’t think I could ever not do it long term now. Currently working 2 days 2 nights 4 off with holidays and that feels awful in comparison.
You do sleep your first rest day however I always feel days to nights feels like a day off as your off for 24 hours.
Will it entail much manual graft - I always think this makes a big difference doing so on nights - in my earlier years it could burn me out 12 hours nights on my feet a lot
But I always think, your first set back your sort of ready to come back to work for a change of scenery - second set is abit of a nothingy set - third set your excited and in a good mood because your on your 10 again. Rinse and repeat
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Tryasize10
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What type of graft is this for shift work? Genuinely interested to see what other people are doing for graft
Flood
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Shifts - done them on and off since I was 25, but in broadcasting/streaming, so not a hard environmment like British Steel or where my dad worked - Visqueen, I always had a coffee in my hand at 3am covering the NFL or BBC output, not freezing my @rse off in a big noisy factory. Early on it was fine, loved the time off and as people have said, mooching about during the week when it was less busy, could go for beers on a weekday in London and sleep late the next day.
Done a few stupid/crazy patterns, 12 hour shifts - 7 on/7 off was one, so you do 7 nights in a row one week (84 hours overnight - nightmare) then a week off but you're wrecked for the first 2 days off.. it starts to catch up with you, sleep becomes difficult to nail down (used to have a large whisky after the last nightshift at 9am before bed and always woke around 2pm, feeling like cr@p). Ended up ditching them and going freelance as a producer for Eurosport, until covid ...meant I had to do some more of the dreaded nightshifts after not working them in years.... it kicked me in the b@llocks to be honest, I was absolutely wrecked by 5am, keeping yourself up over night is a younger mans game.
I quit shifts when I realised its medically against how the body operates - mood swings, alcohol use, depression. Sleep deprivation is a very serious thing. The moment you don't feel good, get out of shifts.
Done a few stupid/crazy patterns, 12 hour shifts - 7 on/7 off was one, so you do 7 nights in a row one week (84 hours overnight - nightmare) then a week off but you're wrecked for the first 2 days off.. it starts to catch up with you, sleep becomes difficult to nail down (used to have a large whisky after the last nightshift at 9am before bed and always woke around 2pm, feeling like cr@p). Ended up ditching them and going freelance as a producer for Eurosport, until covid ...meant I had to do some more of the dreaded nightshifts after not working them in years.... it kicked me in the b@llocks to be honest, I was absolutely wrecked by 5am, keeping yourself up over night is a younger mans game.
I quit shifts when I realised its medically against how the body operates - mood swings, alcohol use, depression. Sleep deprivation is a very serious thing. The moment you don't feel good, get out of shifts.