Le Guignon Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Right? I did overnights for five years. I've been on a swing shift starting at 1 for a couple of months now. I forgot what not being constantly sleep deprived felt like. Edited June 24, 2020 by Le Guignon 1
bnmjy Posted June 24, 2020 Author Posted June 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Count Smackula said: How's it feel to sit in traffic again though It's not like I commute to the city. Sure, I deal with more traffic now, but it's still very tolerable.
bnmjy Posted June 24, 2020 Author Posted June 24, 2020 46 minutes ago, Le Guignon said: Rigjt? I did overnights for five years. I've been on a swing shift starting at 1 for a couple of months now. I forgot what not being constantly sleep deprived felt like. I'm working swing shift too. I love it thus far. 1
PhilosipherStoned Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: I disagree. Night shift forever! Yeah night shifts can suck if you can't sleep during daylight hours or have personal shit to do after during regular 9-5 hours, but my natural sleep cycle seems to be more aligned with graveyard shifts.
Swimmod_Luna Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 I haaaaaaaated when I worked 2-10pm's. Worst year and a half of my life. I'll never work anything that's not a 9-5 or something along those lines again.
bnmjy Posted June 28, 2020 Author Posted June 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, Athena 92 said: I haaaaaaaated when I worked 2-10pm's. Worst year and a half of my life. I'll never work anything that's not a 9-5 or something along those lines again. Oh, I love working 2-10pm. As long as I can sleep when it's dark at night, I'm good.
Distinct Lunatic Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 29 minutes ago, Athena 92 said: I haaaaaaaated when I worked 2-10pm's. Worst year and a half of my life. I'll never work anything that's not a 9-5 or something along those lines again. I think you're overreacting. I've been doing 2:30 to 11's for just over 2 years now. My routine being after I get home at 11, I'll typically be up til 2-3am, that's around 3-4 hours right there, and I try to be up by 10am, which gives me around 4 hours there. So I'm able to get an average of 7 hours of free time during the weekdays.
Swimmod_Luna Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Distinct Lunatic said: I think you're overreacting. I've been doing 2:30 to 11's for just over 2 years now. My routine being after I get home at 11, I'll typically be up til 2-3am, that's around 3-4 hours right there, and I try to be up by 10am, which gives me around 4 hours there. So I'm able to get an average of 7 hours of free time during the weekdays. Yeah I kept the same schedule and I hated it. Just did not work for me at all. I'm not saying it doesn't work for some people but I personally would never do that shit again. It probably didn't help that I also had unpredictable days off, hated the job in general, and had a partner who had work/school on a more traditional schedule. But the hours just suuuuucked for me.
new_disease Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 Nice. Enjoy it 😎 I remember my second job I had to get up at 1 am to arrive at work at 2 and work til 11, sometimes til 1 or 2 pm if we were busy enough. Getting the overtime pay was good but the sleep schedule sucked.
Distinct Lunatic Posted June 28, 2020 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Athena 92 said: Yeah I kept the same schedule and I hated it. Just did not work for me at all. I'm not saying it doesn't work for some people but I personally would never do that shit again. It probably didn't help that I also had unpredictable days off, hated the job in general, and had a partner who had work/school on a more traditional schedule. But the hours just suuuuucked for me. it works for me, that said though if I had kids it wouldn't. In the first couple of years it'd work out well enough, but by the time they're going to school aside from brief moments I likely wouldn't see them much Monday through Friday. If I wanted a day job my only real choice is to go for a lead shift job, which does pay a bit more, but I'd have to come in briefly on the weekends and any day that we're off, that not counting as overtime since it's in our contract. Aside from that if I wanted a day job I'd have to work like 10 years just to have enough seniority for a chance at a day job that isn't a lead position.
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