Or the infamous 3rd shift. I guess you can consider 2nd shift at night too. But how many of you have ever worked at night before. Do you right now ? And do you enjoy it. I used to years ago But I like the day shift best. Comments. 🤔
When we built a bridge over passing the interstate, we worked at night 1 night so law enforcement could close the section, while the crane set the carrying beams of the bridge. We had only a short time to set up the crane, land the beams, break down the crane and clear the road.
In my lifetime I have worked all sorts of shifts.... Days, 2nd, 3rd and even rotating shifts of
Two day shifts then Eight hours off then Two 3rd shifts then Eight hours off then Two 2nd shifts then a couple of days off.
Spent 10 years working this ^^^ rotating shift work....
Then I changed jobs. I worked 2nd shift for a well-known manufacturing company and then moved to 3rd shift for a couple of years and then moved to the front office where I worked days for a couple of years.
Right now.... I own a small specialty manufacturing company and am "semi-retired"....which means I work when I feel like it and take all the time off I want.
I didn't really like shift work..... seems like you are always tired..... but it is what it is, and it paid the bills.
@Zonuss It's actually irrelevant now because I work at home. But when I had to work in-person, I disliked day shift because the commute was worse and there were a lot more people around.
Yep. I worked 11 pm to 7:30 am for a couple years when I was young. That was the fun shift and I had a good time. I did a year of 8 pm to 2 am to minimize daycare when my youngest was a baby. That was a quiet and relaxed atmosphere, but those hours are harder when you’re older and have kids. lol
I worked 3rd for nearly 3 years. 2nd for 2. Days for the last 30. 3rd sucked...I could never get my sleep schedule right. I was fine at work, but outside...shit. 2nd actually was pretty good because you had the better part of the day to get things done before work.
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the entire time i worked for United Artists -through h.s. and college- i worked nights, or 2nd shift. i also worked doubles most weekends and holidays. it was very convenient and it suited me because i could do homework at work.
i worked mids for 2 1/2 years straight in the mid 80s. I pissed off my LDO in front of the whole department. I stood up for some people so i would do it again.
yes i worked 11-7 for like a week or two it was miserable. i couldnt sleep all day with the nanny and two toddlers up. i had a 45 minute highway commute. i was driving off the road falling asleep coming home.
I've had several jobs where I either had to work overnight completely or where my shift started at 3 or 4:00 in the morning honestly there's pros and cons to each type of shift and I'm pretty good at switching back-and-forth but I do prefer the day shift because then you can have a normal life and a normal sleep schedule.
I've worked every shift there is. Days are best, but last year I worked 4x10 hour days, overnight, totally by myself, and I'm not sure I enjoyed a job more than that.
