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Night shift folks with kids? Thinking of making the move back.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:06 pm
I worked night shift for about 6 years. It was great but slowly migrate to mid shifts and then days. This all hospital setting. All 12 hour shifts, all ER. Took a new job. Straight days, bankers hours so Monday through Friday. No holidays worked and no weekends.
Opportunity now for a 10 hour shift. So I am considering the move. Better traffic being 9p-7a. Home commute 5 days a week sucks ball when 9-5. This accounts for 90 mins a day. It will be shaved to 30-40 mins. Also throw in an extra day a week off.
Basically can anyone sell me on making this move. Never had nights and a kid.
Opportunity now for a 10 hour shift. So I am considering the move. Better traffic being 9p-7a. Home commute 5 days a week sucks ball when 9-5. This accounts for 90 mins a day. It will be shaved to 30-40 mins. Also throw in an extra day a week off.
Basically can anyone sell me on making this move. Never had nights and a kid.
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Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:13 pm to LSU alum wannabe
What type of work is it?
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:14 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I think it depends on how much sleep you feel you need, and the actual times.
I've worked some odd shifts for short terms, and it honestly sucks. I either don't get to see my kid at all because I need the sleep and he'll be at daycare, or he'll constantly try to wake me up (he's 2).
Shift work is great for singles who want extra hours and don't need a set schedule daily. With a wife and kid (moreso kid), it would be terrible long term. He'll get used to it, but it takes time away from him. Nothing is worth that time. He'll still have to do his normal routine (school/daycare, etc.), so even those extra days off are not necessarily "make up" time.
ETA: I was under assumption a rotating day/night shift. If straight nights, mich moreso dependent on schedule. But not quite as bad if you sleep short hours.
I've worked some odd shifts for short terms, and it honestly sucks. I either don't get to see my kid at all because I need the sleep and he'll be at daycare, or he'll constantly try to wake me up (he's 2).
Shift work is great for singles who want extra hours and don't need a set schedule daily. With a wife and kid (moreso kid), it would be terrible long term. He'll get used to it, but it takes time away from him. Nothing is worth that time. He'll still have to do his normal routine (school/daycare, etc.), so even those extra days off are not necessarily "make up" time.
ETA: I was under assumption a rotating day/night shift. If straight nights, mich moreso dependent on schedule. But not quite as bad if you sleep short hours.
This post was edited on 1/11/15 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:24 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I saw them for 30 minutes after school, and when I got home I would get them up in the morning for school. It's not great and you will miss a lot of sports and school programs . It's also a strain on the wife .
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:28 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Ask your Father-in-Law, baw.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 1:42 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I think Nurse does this but she doesn't have any kids. Unless she counts her dog.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 2:17 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Most of my coworkers have kids and they manage working nights just fine. Course...they do 3 12s so they have 4 days off a week.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 2:37 pm to LSU alum wannabe
It honestly just depends on how much you value time spent with your wife and kid? Are the inconveniences of drive time and working days worth your relationships? It puts one hell of a stress on a marriage when wifey is running the entire household solo and Jr never sees his dad.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 6:06 pm to LSU alum wannabe
i worked shift work for 15 years. off every other weekend, swapped back and forth between days and nights
about 2 years ago i took a new job working straight days. i hope to never work shift work again
i have 3 kids
about 2 years ago i took a new job working straight days. i hope to never work shift work again
i have 3 kids
Posted on 1/11/15 at 6:35 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Less traffic AND less time with the family? Win-Win
Posted on 1/11/15 at 7:32 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Night shift screws up metabolism and can made you more prone to certain diseases.
Posted on 1/11/15 at 8:15 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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10 hour shift
i much rather 10 hour shifts... if i had to commute in BR at 5pm everyday, i'd kill someone with an ice pick or something...
as of last week, i don't commute to BR at all anymore... got moved to a store in Gonzales, which isn't far from home now... pretty nice being like 15 minutes away, instead of 30-45.... but i will miss my old store... a lot....
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