Who sleeps at work?

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I do:p

At work i drive trucks and excavators, And if i get just the smallest bit of time (Ie. Waiting to tip off, being loaded by someone, Waiting for the other truck to come down the hill. Pretty much when ever the truck isnt moving) Ill have a quick sleep:D

Ive been caught by a few work mates and ive caught them:D
I Haven't been caught by the boss that i know of yet:p

So who else finds time during the working day to have a quick nap?:p
 
At lunch time I've been known to grab twenty minutes or so. Really don't like doing it as I'm left feeling groggy the rest of the day.
 
i never intentionally sleep at work, but i'm sure there's occasions where i've dozed off. I've got a 3 minute video clip of my boss asleep at his desk to use as blackmail should i ever have to use it :p
 
Yup i've caught a couple of minutes here and there.

When i was a chef, there would be long periods during the day (between lunch and 5pm, for example) where there would be nothing going on, and if i was fully prepped and ready to go, i'd line up all the soft chairs in the staff room and get a good hour or two!
 
In Thailand during lunch break it is the norm for all offices to turn the lights off for 30 mins after they have eaten to get some shut eye.
I also use the opportunity to get 20-30 mins light sleep, mainly because working 60+ hours in the heat is quite tiring.
In the UK if I needed to sleep I would go to my car or to the sofa area of the office during lunch to sleep.
 
na, i cant sleep anywhere except my own bed. long haul flights are a nightmare.
 
I do it fairly frequently. If I'm tired and/or going round in circles then sometimes a taking a nap for an hour can be enough to get me back on track, brain-wise.

If I'm on a deadline and I need to work through the night, then sometimes I'll take a couple of hours sleep in the office as well. We have sofa-like chair things in some of the meeting rooms so it's not so bad :p


I should point out that I don't make a secret of this or anything...
 
Freefaller said:
Indeed.

I'd kick any of my staff or my managers out if I caught them sleeping.
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Even during break times or lunch? A bit harsh isn't it? Especially since tests have shown that a power nap at lunchtime can be beneficial to productivity in the afternoon.
 
At my desk after 24+hrs on getting a project document finished, only for a couple of hrs then started again.

On site depends, normally I will have a back to back so will get 12hrs off, if that doesn't happen will try and get a few hours during quiet periods, normally welding phases once I have shown them what to do.

But these are not normal circumstance and are again normally 20+ hr days, I don't see how anyone cannot go for a normal 12hr shift with out the need for rest unless they are doing something which probably counts as gross misconduct anyway (drinking crap loads the night before)

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I sometimes do, I've got a nice comfy double bed at work (because I work from home :D)

If I'm tired and getting nowhere a quick power nap is often beneficial.
 
I have slept at work, but that was when I couldn't get home after a night out. The office was a better alternative to sleeping on the streets and was cheaper than a hotel.
 
Greebo said:
Even during break times or lunch? A bit harsh isn't it? Especially since tests have shown that a power nap at lunchtime can be beneficial to productivity in the afternoon.
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Lunchbreak?! What's that then?

We don't have lunchbreaks, though of course according to the HSE we do give our people a 20min break - and smokers (the bain of my existence in the workplace) get their 2 smoke breaks per shift (though the managers seem to go whenever they please :mad: ).

On a more serious note, people do have a bit of a break, they go and make a cuppa, go for a smoke etc... but sleeping, no. If someone was sleeping at their desk I wouldn't respond well to it - if they are struggling to stay awake then they either need to come and speak to me that they're feeling tired and depending on how they've done for the day may leave them to go home or tell them to have a break, but if the rest of us can work a full day without sleeping then so can they.

However I'd agree that in the Med they do have a good system with the afternoon siesta, certainly when your metabolism is at it's lowest point in the afternoon, it makes sense to have a bit of a rest or a powernap. However we're not in the Med - I expect my staff and managers (certainly my managers as they are here to set an example) to be bright eyed and bushy tailed at all times.
 
Im working the odd night shift for an agency at the moment, where I have to stay awake. Working in respite care homes for disabled kids, and so I cant go to sleep because they have to be kept an eye on all night. Gets to about 3am and its hard work believe me. :eek:

(sleeping in the day is kinda nice though)
 
Half my time generally. My job entails waiting for other people to do theirs first before I can do my bit. What I do while I wait is completely up to me. I usually tell my guys to slip off somewhere out of sight but close enough to be back in 10min to start work.
 
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