Anyone else work midnights

[rvr6000]

Usually pretty quiet in the office here at night but the forum is too slow this time of the night. We need a night shift for the forum to keep new postings comin' in. I guess it's about quiting time for our friends in New Zealand so they should be chiming in soon....hahaha.

 

[Garage5.9]

Not working currently so i have lots of time to blow in here at all times of the day and night hahah

 

[ItWasJustHere]

I'm about 7 years too late. Worked graveyard driving a forklift around a warehouse to get me through school and finished up with that stuff about 2004.

 

[ESwartz]

I work rotating 12 hour shifts, I'm on night 5 of 7 right now.

 

[rvr6000]

I work rotating 12 hour shifts, I'm on night 5 of 7 right now.

5 of 7...ouch. We do 12hr shifts here too. But tonight's Friday and I'm off for the next six days. Brandy and a cigar in order.

 

[onewaydave]

Man, been doing nights 7p-7a for about 13 years. Did that 7 days, 7 nights 7 off. I'd retire if I had to go back to that. I'm sometimes dead slow and sometime b$$$$ to the wall busy, can't explain can't predict.

Dave.

 

[nit2wn]

2 weeks days/ 2 weeks nights. I rather work a night shift if I had a choice. We're made to rotate though. Once assembly line gets to going, you rarely notice whether it's day or night.

 

[brownbagg]

you need to quit playing on the computer and do your job before boss comes in

 

[nit2wn]

Shifts are 6:15-3:00 either day or night. I've been here changing oil in the work car winding down. They got 285 cars out of us last night.

 

[Boost Creep]

i work nights but i don't have time to waste playing online when i'm there

 

[Garage5.9]

Shifts are 6:15-3:00 either day or night. I've been here changing oil in the work car winding down. They got 285 cars out of us last night.

damn where do you work ?

 

[nit2wn]

Mercede's plant in Vance. We get to go in 2 hrs early today since it's our last day. Shift start is 4:15. We've been working 1hr overtime for a few months trying to catch up on end of the model year orders. We have to finish the orders before the end of July or our 2 week shutdown which starts July 2 or 3rd. We may have to work the 3rd to catch up. We have ran the last few cars after shutdowns in the past, so I'm not sure exactly when model change will be. We've fell behind due to weather [tornadoes] and doing trial runs of the new model.

 

[bob ny]

When i got out of the service I worked for a large auto dealer/ We worked 12 on and 24 off. some days Iwould wake up and did not know if i was late for work or just got home lol/we had 15 mechanics working around the clock 24 /7 365 the dealer also had a very large towing service and if you were lucky you would would go out on the road
bob w.

 

[Corins]

My shift is a little different, in a two week period it goes like this...

Mon & Tues (8am-8pm), then Wed & Thurs (off), Fri, Sat, Sun (8pm to 8am), Mon & Tues (Off), Wed & Thurs (8am-8pm), Fri, Sat, Sun (Off)

Then it starts over again but the days will end up being nights and the nights end up being days, same days off. During nights I'd be online however they won't let us have internet access, we used to have it but a couple people made it bad for everyone so they took it away. Even though the couple that made it bad are no longer working here, they still won't let us have it so it doesn't happen again.

 

[Arne73]

1800 to 0600, 2 nights on 2 nights off, every other weekend.
So- over a 2 week period: On Mon Tue, off Wed Thur, on Fri Sat Sun, off Mon Tue, on Wed Thur, off Fri Sat Sun.
I'd rather work nights, fewer management types hanging over my shoulder asking 'is it fixed yet?'.

 

[speed bump]

Used to be night shift all the time but now I can't find hands willing to work days so I am stuck on them.

 

[nate379]

Yup work 1st shift, 11pm-7am

 

[Az Scooter]

I work for myself, and work when work is there. This week was all nights. Start at 8 and work until 3. Wake up about 9 and do paperwork and routing until 7 pm. Start over. Last week was similar, still working for myself, but doing different work. There have n
Been times wheno would pull 20 hour days for a couple of months, and then take a couple of days off. My record is 38 straight hours of paid work. At the end, I was tired. I also don't take any drugs to keep me going.

 

[Trucky]

2-2-3s for me, 7 to 7. It's the short week, just got off 5 hrs ago, 3 days off. Then the long week again.

 

[alecmcmahon]

Yep,

11pm-7am Here.

Wah.

 

[justanengineer]

I work days for money. Nights I work for fun.

 

[5lima30]

I feel your pain I worked 12 hr shifts for the better part of 20 years. We rotated from days to nights every 3 months. I always lost 10-12 lbs on nights but gained it back on days. YMMV.

 

[nate379]

Opposite for me. I took 2 weeks vacation, this was my first week back. I lost 10 lbs while on vacation, just from actually working and having normal hours. Was going to bed around midnight and up around 0700-0730. No alarm clock and I actually felt good for a change! Realized how bad mids is been beating up my body.

 

[Sodder]

I worked every shift at my last job.

Day shifts were alright, swing shifts were great (it was at a Lake Tahoe resort so I would ride ALL day long and still function as a person), night shifts were absolutely terrible.

I decided that it would take more than $1000 a day for me to go back on night shift.

 

[kbs2244]

It’s been a long time.
But my first job out of HS was 12:00 to 8:30 at the local Post Office.
It taught me about the “other society” right their where I lived.
I got used to not having to stand in line at a check out counter real fast.

When I got into “real jobs” later, mostly in computer rooms, I would often volunteer for a trouble fixing assignment on the mid-night shift.
I got to like the extra money and the lack of people looking over your shoulder.
As long as everything on the schedule was done when they came in in the AM, nobody really cared how you got it done.
My daughter used to tuck me in bed before she went to school.

I never worked the “after-noon shift.”
It just messed up your life too much.
Working mid-nights just reversed the sleep/work schedule.
Most social life is between 5:00 and 10:00 PM
Working third shift just meant I was just waking up instead of winding down.
Coffee instead of beer.

I did find it took about 3 months for your friends and your body to make the change completely.
I found out that the local police rotated every month.
30 days 8 to 4, then 30 days 4 to 12, then 30 days 12 to 8.
That is when I learned why they were always in a bad mood.
They didn’t know if it was time to sleep or sh*t.

 

[frank_c]

i hate day shift. i never get enough sleep.

just finished up our days rotation and back to thirds. i'll go to bed at noon and wake up around 8 without an alarm, hang around here for a bit and start work at ten.

 

[nate379]

See I find 3rd shift the best of all 3. For us that's 3PM-11PM. Go to bed at a normal time... midnightish, wake up around 0700 and have all morning to get stuff done while places are open. Not too many people at the stores during the day too cause most everyone is at work. Also get to sleep when it's close to dark out!

Nightlift I don't care about. I don't go out on "school" nights to start with and most often on Friday we are out of work early around 8-9PM at the latest... so that is really about time to head out with the friends.

 

[HICKS]

Thursday 1400-2200, Friday 2200-0600, Saturday 1800-0600, Sunday 1800-0600, OFF monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

 

[sasquach]

I'm midnight to 830 now but next month I am going back to afternoon ( 4 -1230). I cant wait

 

[Lkdelta]

Thursday 1400-2200, Friday 2200-0600, Saturday 1800-0600, Sunday 1800-0600, OFF monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

this would ****....I wouldn't know what day of the week it is,

And i work 07-1530 saturday, 07-1530 sunday, 2300-07 sunday night/monday and 2300-07 monday night/tuesday morn, 07-1530 wednesday

 

[930dreamer]

I'll be back on mids after my up coming month vacation 2 July - 26 July

 

[6brzina]

11:00 pm to 7:30 am Saturday to Wednesday every week for me. I had my choice of shifts but I picked midnight because I like the cooler temp outside at night here in Dallas.

 

[HICKS]

this would ****....I wouldn't know what day of the week it is,

And i work 07-1530 saturday, 07-1530 sunday, 2300-07 sunday night/monday and 2300-07 monday night/tuesday morn, 07-1530 wednesday

Its not bad at all. With coming in late on Friday, it feels like I have it off.