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re: Would you work nights for double your salary?
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:15 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:15 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:And the weekends?
you're working while they are sleeping. you're sleeping while they are at work/school.
You are going to be completely fubar there
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Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:16 am to lsupride87
quote:
And the weekends? You are going to be completely fubar there
nah i did this for years at michoud. lived weekends as normal. other than leaving to go to work on sunday evening
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:18 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:
you're working while they are sleeping. you're sleeping while they are at work/school.
My wife works nights. Anytime she's had to do more than 3 shifts in a row, she's basically useless during daytime hours. Not to mention that on her days of after that, she has to adjust back to a "regular" schedule I would not work 5 nights a week for double the salary. I'd miss way too much family time.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:19 am to lsupride87
If you have kids you are going to be a completely miserable person or a machine
Leave for work at 9:30 pm
Work from 10pm-6am (weird how the OP has an 8 hour block and not 9, but Ill play along)
Get home at 6:30am
See your kids for 30 minutes or so
They go to school
Unwind from 7:30am-10 am
Sleep from 10 am- 6pm
Play with the kids from 6-8
8pm start getting ready for work
Leave again for work at 9pm
That is machines life right there, and we havent even got to the weekend yet
Leave for work at 9:30 pm
Work from 10pm-6am (weird how the OP has an 8 hour block and not 9, but Ill play along)
Get home at 6:30am
See your kids for 30 minutes or so
They go to school
Unwind from 7:30am-10 am
Sleep from 10 am- 6pm
Play with the kids from 6-8
8pm start getting ready for work
Leave again for work at 9pm
That is machines life right there, and we havent even got to the weekend yet
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:20 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:20 am to LNCHBOX
quote:Bingo. I have seen it done on a 3 day schedule, without any kids, and that seemed difficult enough.
My wife works nights. Anytime she's had to do more than 3 shifts in a row, she's basically useless during daytime hours. Not to mention that on her days of after that, she has to adjust back to a "regular" schedule I would not work 5 nights a week for double the salary. I'd miss way too much family time.
5 days with kids, 99% of people will break
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:21 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:21 am to TDcline
If i was single...sure.
But let me warn y’all fellas with a lady...Jody loves a man who isn’t home at night to keep that thing warm.
Shift work, and the amount of it i did, and how I dealt with the switchback, contributed to the downfall of my marriage.
But let me warn y’all fellas with a lady...Jody loves a man who isn’t home at night to keep that thing warm.
Shift work, and the amount of it i did, and how I dealt with the switchback, contributed to the downfall of my marriage.
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:23 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:22 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:Well then you are not human
nah i did this for years at michoud. lived weekends as normal. other than leaving to go to work on sunday evening
I dont know how I am going to enjoy saturday and sunday with the kids running on no sleep
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:22 am to lsupride87
sleep from 8 am to 4 pm
play with kids/wife from 4 pm to 9 pm
and besides, my weekday schedule right now is basically like a machine anyways
the weekends would obviously be something you would have to work at, but I think I could make it work
play with kids/wife from 4 pm to 9 pm
and besides, my weekday schedule right now is basically like a machine anyways
the weekends would obviously be something you would have to work at, but I think I could make it work
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:23 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:23 am to Salmon
quote:I jsut dont realistically think you are going to be able to fall asleep that quickly after getting off work
sleep from 8 am to 4 pm
That would be me falling asleep at 7pm right now
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:24 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:24 am to lsupride87
oh I can fall asleep whenever
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:24 am to lsupride87
i'm not saying it's easy or fun. but, it's doable.
i was off on friday and saturday nights. come home friday morning,sleep til 3-4pm get up shower and ready to go. i kept a normal schedule firday and saturday nights. sunday night was a bitch but, we made it work.
i was off on friday and saturday nights. come home friday morning,sleep til 3-4pm get up shower and ready to go. i kept a normal schedule firday and saturday nights. sunday night was a bitch but, we made it work.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:25 am to MorbidTheClown
quote:Its doable, its not sustainable for the majority of people
i'm not saying it's easy or fun. but, it's doable.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:29 am to im4LSU
Easily.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:30 am to MorbidTheClown
I work at night a few times per month. It really messes you up going from days to nights.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:34 am to fallguy_1978
My brother had to switch from days to nights every 2 weeks for a while
that was brutal
that was brutal
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:35 am to lsupride87
quote:
just dont see how that is possible One has to decompress. I couldnt possibly fall asleep right now at 5:30pm.....
When I worked nights I was tired once I got off work. You have to remember you are fighting to stay awake when your body is naturally wanting to sleep. I had no issues going to sleep as soon as I got home. I would eat breakfast at work about an hour or so before I got off at 7 so I could just pass out once I got ready for bed.
Again....I did this for 16 years. Granted though...it was 3 12s. So I still had 4 days off a week.
I had to get off nights cause I was falling asleep while driving home from work.
But could I do nights again for a year or so to make double the $$$$ to pay off debts..::yes I could.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:35 am to Salmon
yeah, i don't think i'd want to keep switching. i know the folgers plant in nola does that. sounds horrible.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:36 am to TDcline
quote:
Same job you do now. Same benefits. Same everything but on a 10p to 6a.
Worth it?
Before kids...yep. After kids...Nope.
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:37 am to fallguy_1978
quote:
It really messes you up going from days to nights.
You find ways to work around it. I was on a day schedule on my days off.
My first day off after working nights I would just nap for a couple hours during the day so I was tired by nighttime and then I was back on a day schedule. Night before I had to go back to nights I made myself stay up till 3 or so that night and slept till noon or so so that I could stay up all night.
This post was edited on 2/6/19 at 9:38 am
Posted on 2/6/19 at 9:38 am to lsunurse
quote:
I had no issues going to sleep as soon as I got home
at the end of my very first week of working nights, i went to sleep at 8am friday and woke up at 10am saturday.
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