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Night Shift
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Anyone here works nights?
do you like it?
I've not done it so far... but Being in London it kinda appeals to me, no traffic, no congestion charges, mostly no traffic one job I had for 1.5 years was 3 hours a day in traffic 14 miles each way, same journey today would be about an hour more I reckon with bus lanes (although the buses wouldn't go as far as I needed so would still have to use a car .. unless I had two cars one at each end to meet the bus .. lol)
do you like it?
I've not done it so far... but Being in London it kinda appeals to me, no traffic, no congestion charges, mostly no traffic one job I had for 1.5 years was 3 hours a day in traffic 14 miles each way, same journey today would be about an hour more I reckon with bus lanes (although the buses wouldn't go as far as I needed so would still have to use a car .. unless I had two cars one at each end to meet the bus .. lol)
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For me the hardest part is staying awake. Its good at our place though cause you dont' actually do anything
Where did that info come from?
If nights is less stress, less travel time, less pollution (from traffic), less actual work and more just covering it might extend your life..
When he suffered two massive heart attacks and heart failure, causing him to have a triple heart bypass (all well before he was 60) the doctors put it down to working circumstances. Working nights.
Its to do with sleep patterns and the level of light you get mostly, sunlight is so linked to mood and if you dont get any then you are far more likely to be depressed and your immune system wont work as well either.
I will be glad when hes not doing them again.
11am-7pm wasn't too bad a shift, gave a lie in / chance to go to town in the morning, and still out in time if you wanted to go out of an evening.
2-10 on the other hand just fairly sucked.
If you're serious about this then you might find it helpful to read TheSite's article on learning to adjust to night shifts. as Bong pointed out there are health risks involved which are also mentioned in the article.
LOL .. There seems to be a site guide for everything .. lol
Well see in London we'd be stuck underground on the tube or in an office all day anyway except for lunch times!!
As for the teaxi driving thing - don't think it's a stressless job driving random people and also sitting down in a job all the time not much excercise
If you don't get to sleep by about 9.30am-10am then you simply won't get to sleep. If you don't sleep you can't do your job. It is a hard routine to get into, and the slightest knock will send you right back out of it, because people are not meant to sleep during the day. It's hard fighting the body clock, you have to go to bed as soon as you get home or you simply will never manage to sleep.
It has its advantages- no rush hour, and it is peaceful eating your dinner at 3am and standing outside work in the night sky, but I wouldn't want to do it forever. It took me about two months to recover from the month I did with Royal mail.
Exactly, when I did it during winter I virtually never saw the sun, it does wierd things to you.
As far as travel, it only cut 15 minutes out of my journey working nights...
I basically spent over a year not sleeping properly and not knowing left from right and towards the end I had 2 car crashes because i dozed off while driving i knew it was time to see my doctor who gave me some relaxants to help me sleep adn ordered me to go on days.
The worst thing for me was, driving to work on friday and saturday nights seeing people getting into town to go out and have a good time while I will be at work.
Fucked me up that did!!
Not a lot of night jobs ARE stressless. Otherwise people wouldn't work nights, right?
Depends - a lot of night time office jobs are simply providing cover - answering phones, etc.
I once had a normal or supposed to be normal 9am to 5pm job but for a while I was working from 8am to midnight at times cos the only way to get things done was when the place was empty - It was much less stress to get things done at night rather then during the day when having to move a cable or upgrade a PC Server meant turning it off so 40 people couldn't work for an hour or two.
working at night (for most jobs) isn't just about working when the sun's gone down - it's also about working when the majority of people aren't there to bug you .. lol
My ex fella works nights (7-7) in an office and I think he would disagree with you. But if you wanna do it, try it, see if it suits you.
What I meant was, companies wouldn't need night-workers if there wasn't work to be done at night.
But yes, I agree with you.
There are very few jobs were you are paid just to be there at night. That said there are a few where night shifts are very quiet. But that in itself could be a bad thing if it gets boring.