sounds like an ambulance worker
Night shift whats it like
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sounds like an ambulance worker
I have no commitments and i really want more money as i said in a earlier post for my holidays and a deposit on a house one day. Also my spending will be cut down even though im not a big bender anyway.
It will take me a couple days to adjust first of all even maybe nearly a week to get used to the sleep pattern.
Well go for it then, it's an opportunity for more money. In the meantime you could always look for something a bit more "normal" if you're not happy with the nightwork. No harm in trying really.
I did nights for a few weeks at my last 2 jobs and tbh I loved it, afternoons (my mornings) to myself and getting home just as parents/siblings were leaving for school meant a quiet days sleep.
Not sure I could do it full time tho.
Not sure I could do it full time tho.
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Nights are for Bats, Rats, Cats and TW*TS !
On average people in the UK take 6 days off a year due to "sick". Taking 1/6th of the average is fairly healthy I'd say.
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I have done a few months on nights, I didn't think it was too bad. I was starting at 6 finishing at 6 mon-fri so got the weekend (sat night) to go out with mates etc...
The money was good and I enjoyed being able to shop and do things during the day (almost like a perpetual quiet weekend)
I would do it but defiantly not permanent, 4-6 months would do me.
The money was good and I enjoyed being able to shop and do things during the day (almost like a perpetual quiet weekend)
I would do it but defiantly not permanent, 4-6 months would do me.
Don't do it! There awful! Messes up everything! What you need to think is can you manage doing night shifts in the long run? However if you have a family to support you may not really have a choice and need the extra money?? And when would you have time to see family and friends? It totally depends on you and what your personal life is like and what commitments you have. Why not just match the Euromillions Results tomorrow night and sack work off altogether?! Thats my plan lol
I used to love working nights. I used to work shifts for a support role which involved either 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm or 10pm to 6am or at the weekends, 12am to 12pm or obviously 12pm to 12am.
The shifts were all over the place and the rota was fairly badly organised but I still used to love working nights. I'd finish work at 6am and get to bed for 6:30am roughly and wake up at 1pm. Then I'd have 9 hours before I have to be in work. I think I felt at my best after having worked nights to be honest.
Of course it all depends on the person, how well you can adjust and what kind of work is involved.
The shifts were all over the place and the rota was fairly badly organised but I still used to love working nights. I'd finish work at 6am and get to bed for 6:30am roughly and wake up at 1pm. Then I'd have 9 hours before I have to be in work. I think I felt at my best after having worked nights to be honest.
Of course it all depends on the person, how well you can adjust and what kind of work is involved.
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i once worked a 5-1am shift, not a real night shift, but it was a shift at night. The biggest problem i had was getting home as trains were closed, had to catch two buses at 1am every night and walk the rest. I used to get home after 2am and then usually stay up until about 5 or 6am and then wake up at 1 or 2 pm. advantage for my line of work is that it is quieter as no one is in the office, but you end up getting more crap job that they can't do during the day. for me, like moving PCs around. It was ok for 6 months but i could not do it for much longer.
Ive done nights for years. I dont like it but the pay is more and I would never last in a day job as I hate getting up in the morning. There's a 5am shift where I am and it would mean getting up at 3.30am most days.
Also looking and feeling like poo all the time would make it easy to get a job as an extra in a zombie film.
Also looking and feeling like poo all the time would make it easy to get a job as an extra in a zombie film.
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Been doing shift work for 17 years and can't say it's any worse than 9-5.
On a side note - there has been no conclusive study to suggest that nights shifts reduce your immune system, shorten life or any of the other rubbish that is spouted about them. The whole low Melatonin argument just doesn't stand true.
However, as a lot of shift workers I know do have trouble with night shifts - the following should be remembered..... Having a poor diet whilst on night shifts (ie junk food) - not excercising due to broken sleep patterns and generally not having as healthy a life style as 9-5 workers - due to shift work DOES knock a few years off your life and will have a detrimentla affect on your health. Rememeber though - it's nothing to do with the actual shift work - it's the person.
On a side note - there has been no conclusive study to suggest that nights shifts reduce your immune system, shorten life or any of the other rubbish that is spouted about them. The whole low Melatonin argument just doesn't stand true.
However, as a lot of shift workers I know do have trouble with night shifts - the following should be remembered..... Having a poor diet whilst on night shifts (ie junk food) - not excercising due to broken sleep patterns and generally not having as healthy a life style as 9-5 workers - due to shift work DOES knock a few years off your life and will have a detrimentla affect on your health. Rememeber though - it's nothing to do with the actual shift work - it's the person.
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Prostitute, fo sho.
been doing a mix of alternating day/nights and pure nights in IT for around 12 years, honestly i wouldnt reccomend it to anyone looking to embark on anything more than casual work, or a short term job.
The extra shift allowance is of course nice, but you will have to make sacrifices no matter what people have said, the simple fact of the matter is the majority of other people will be working at different times, its quite hard to keep up social stuff if you are working the night or recovering from shifts.
If you do decide to do nights, then dont scrimp on sleep, there is no worse feeling than being tired and having hours and hours of work left to do, i try to avoid drinking too much coffee and avoid any junk food, and honestly i dont see any difference in illness, i get the odd cold now and again but i dont think that is caused by my working patterns,
Just make sure you make the most of your days off, try to recover from nights as quick as possible and get your sleeping back to a normal routine, for me that means less sleep after the last shift, getting up after 4-5 hours and trying to sleep at a normal time come nighttime.
There are benefits to working nights of course, you just need to be a little more organised with your time and make the most of periods which previously werent free time. For me that is mainly mid-week fishing and mountain biking, or even the boring chores are fare more tolerable when it isnt the weekend or evening when everyone else has to do them
The extra shift allowance is of course nice, but you will have to make sacrifices no matter what people have said, the simple fact of the matter is the majority of other people will be working at different times, its quite hard to keep up social stuff if you are working the night or recovering from shifts.
If you do decide to do nights, then dont scrimp on sleep, there is no worse feeling than being tired and having hours and hours of work left to do, i try to avoid drinking too much coffee and avoid any junk food, and honestly i dont see any difference in illness, i get the odd cold now and again but i dont think that is caused by my working patterns,
Just make sure you make the most of your days off, try to recover from nights as quick as possible and get your sleeping back to a normal routine, for me that means less sleep after the last shift, getting up after 4-5 hours and trying to sleep at a normal time come nighttime.
There are benefits to working nights of course, you just need to be a little more organised with your time and make the most of periods which previously werent free time. For me that is mainly mid-week fishing and mountain biking, or even the boring chores are fare more tolerable when it isnt the weekend or evening when everyone else has to do them
I couldn't stand it, permanently tired, broke my social life. Edit, I live in a busy area so daytimes were constantly about getting annoyed with cars, drills, workmen, ambulances. I'd be walking up and going to work when wife got home from work, she'd be getting up and going to work just as I needed to go to sleep.
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Warehouse job, so a pretty physical job so im sure time will go quick. Ive worked in my current warehouse for 6 years so know what to expect.
Ive talked to people on nights at my current job and they like it. One of my mates says he finishes at 6:30am goes gym straight afterwards (which i would do) and is in bed for about 8:30am and gets up about 1-3pm. Then he aint back in work till 10:30pm which is quite nice.
But what i dont get is them trying to get back into a normal sleep pattern when they have a weekend off, wont that mess with you?
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Not nights related though I had fluid on my knee due to a fall at home.