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How long does it take you to get used to it? Sleeping during the day and all?
I start working nights tomorrow night, 11pm-7am shift. On weekdays I'll get off at 7am, go to school from like 8-11am, then sleep the rest of the day until I go in at night again.
My job requires that I work a shift (15 days) of nights every once in awhile. To me it's very easy to get used to. After the first night you'll probably be so bagged you'll fall asleep no problem.
How the fcuk do you enjoy life going to work hen school then sleep?
I worked weekend overnights at a radio station a few years ago. I had another job during the week during regular hours, so the adjustment was always tough for me, but then again, the weekend job didn't require much activity, which I think was part of the problem. If you are constantly moving/busy, then you don't have time to think about how tired you are. :lol
[QUOTE=TylerOO]How the fcuk do you enjoy life going to work hen school then sleep?[/QUOTE]
By working nights in a resort/casino with many beautiful drunk women.
[QUOTE=StateProperty]By working nights in a resort/casino with many beautiful drunk women.[/QUOTE]
Cool, doing what?
[QUOTE=mlh1981]Cool, doing what?[/QUOTE]
Security, it just doesn't open until May. So until then I just supervise the construction guys. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgAwClHOw44"]Gonna be tight when it opens though.[/URL]
[QUOTE=StateProperty]By working nights in a resort/casino with many beautiful drunk women.[/QUOTE]
Shut that's a different story. Working in a casino is sick
I'm working the same shift as you right now, at first it was weird since I was working another job during the day, but since I'm now only solely working the night shift it probably took about a week or two to get used to it. The only thing that kinda sucks is getting used to a new eating schedule but that eventually works itself out too.
I kind of like the night shift better than day.
[QUOTE=StateProperty]Security, it just doesn't open until May. So until then I just supervise the construction guys. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgAwClHOw44"]Gonna be tight when it opens though.[/URL][/QUOTE]
Cool, that looks awesome.
Just stay busy, if you can. When you are busy, you won't have time to think about how tired you are.
I worked a night shift back in Oct 2011. I think I even made a thread similar to this one, actually.
Anyway, I got through the boring hours by bringing a laptop with Internet accessibility with me.
Sometimes I would fall asleep in my car, too.
As for getting used to the schedule, your body might eventually get accustomed to it, but that wasn't the case for me. I worked from 6 pm to 6 am for several weeks, up until about Nov. I would get home, crash, & wake up a couple hours later.
The longest time I ever got to sleep during that work shift was from ~8 am to 12 pm. So just a little less than 4 hours. I started getting terrible looking bags under my eyes that still haven't fully gone away yet!
Try to get as much sleep as you can, man. It didn't work for me--- hence the reason I switched to the day shift after that--- but it might for you. Idk.
Good luck.
Try not to drink energy drinks. They'll keep you awake for a few hours but then make you crash terribly later. I was barely able to keep my eyes open!
At my first job ever I worked 4:30PM to 2:30AM. I did that for a year and a half and couldn't' handle it anymore, it beat me up. Then a few years later I worked at Target for literally two weeks 11PM to 7AM and I walked out in the middle of work. I don't know what I was thinking accepting a 3rd shift job when I knew I hated it. Now I work 10AM to 6PM and 9AM to 5PM on the weekends and wouldn't trade it for the world!
The same way you go to sleep at night is the same day you could go to sleep in the day. You need to re-adjust your sleeping habits.
I think I would kill myself living your guys's life styles..Not only the night time shift work hours but also the longetivity working week days and week ends. I know you needa pay for bills, food, etc but u gotta remember...u only got 1 life. Only having time for working, school and sleeping=shit life.
It's all in your mind, humans are active in the day, sleep at night. It will be hard to change that routine but it's not impossible.
I worked overnights for 8 years. It took me a couple of weeks to adjust but eventually my body got used to it. The trick is to flip your schedule on your days off.
I started working days a year ago and ironically that was a tougher adjustment, but so much easier to keep your life organized. I still find myself going back to a night schedule whenever I have a week off though.
I'm a shift worker, you'll get used to it. Mind you, I have 3 shifts I work, 7am -4pm, 4pm-12:30am and 12:00am-7:30am as well as working 7 til 7 shifts occasionally on weekends. Took me 3-4 months to get into it, but now I'm probably at the point where I can get along fine no matter when I'm working. Sometimes I'll only get 3 hours sleep for a day when I have to change shifts, but it's not that hard to deal with.
If you really want to adjust well the most important thing is to keep your same schedule on your days off of work. Another thing I find to be key to feeling good on overnights and sleeping well in the day is exercise.
If you're healthy and somewhat young you should be able to at least partially adjust within the first week and should totally adjust (if you keep the same schedule every day) within 3-5 weeks.
It's really not so bad, I work overnights now and I have a 9 week old baby that I take care of during the day while my wife's at work so 3 days out of my week I only get 3 hours of sleep.
It hasn't been bad. Only thing is I can't sleep many hours straight during the day. Its like 5 hours then awake for 2 hours then another nap. In class right now runnin on five hour energy.
Im a cashier at Walmart 10-7. I usually try to go to sleep around 2 pm and wake up around 8 pm. My job isnt really taxing physically, but I stand on my feet for 8 hours and talk to old women at 4 am. They are literally no girls my age(just turned 20) shopping at walmart late at night.
I work out for half an hour and try to shower before i go to sleep. I try not to a big meal at lunch during work. Because I know my body is accustomed to eating at a day time schedule. You will get accustomed pretty fast just make sure to retain your eating amounts.Alot of my coworkers are fat because of the night shift.
I work in a call center in the Philippines I work 10pm-7am we service mainly the east coast and central USA. Been here for 4years, I still feel $hitty on weekends. Basically Im asleep on Saturday because of it then normal on Sunday, then feel like crap again on Monday, I also used to work from 4pm-1am when I worked in a resto as a cook.
8 hours sleep since Saturday and gettin ready for work soon. Winner.
[QUOTE=StateProperty]By working nights in a resort/casino with many beautiful drunk women.[/QUOTE]
This sounds like a decent tradeoff. :pimp: :cheers:
i always passed out as soon as i got home... 12~8 shift. id get home, shower... be asleep by 9 and wake up at like 2 sometimes later like 3 id do stuff until 9 or 10 and try to take a nap before work. sometimes i could sleep and sometimes i could not. the nap is key tho otherwise u a zombie at work uless u have a job that keeps moving then it not too bad. if u arent doing much tho. .. oh boy
[QUOTE=DropStep]Im a cashier at Walmart 10-7. I usually try to go to sleep around 2 pm and wake up around 8 pm. My job isnt really taxing physically, but I stand on my feet for 8 hours and talk to old women at 4 am. They are literally no girls my age(just turned 20) shopping at walmart late at night.
I work out for half an hour and try to shower before i go to sleep. I try not to a big meal at lunch during work. Because I know my body is accustomed to eating at a day time schedule. You will get accustomed pretty fast just make sure to retain your eating amounts.Alot of my coworkers are fat because of the night shift.[/QUOTE]
How come you don't go to sleep right when you get home or at least do it earlier so u get adequate sleep?
Last night of grave before switching to 7am-3pm. Gonna feel human again.
I worked nights the past two summers 11-9 or 11-11 and getting used to it's not bad it's going back into a normal routine and sitting there wide awake ready to climb Mt. Everest at 6 am.
Few weeks ago I had 8 days straight of night shift. 14 hours a night, from 6pm till 8am, but money was good so...
[QUOTE=DropStep]Im a cashier at Walmart 10-7. I usually try to go to sleep around 2 pm and wake up around 8 pm. My job isnt really taxing physically, but I stand on my feet for 8 hours and talk to old women at 4 am. They are literally no girls my age(just turned 20) shopping at walmart late at night.
I work out for half an hour and try to shower before i go to sleep. I try not to a big meal at lunch during work. Because I know my body is accustomed to eating at a day time schedule. You will get accustomed pretty fast just make sure to retain your eating amounts.Alot of my coworkers are fat because of the night shift.[/QUOTE]
No offense but why the **** would you work a late night shift at Walmart?
I worked two jobs. One was from 4:30PM to 2:30AM and theo ther was 11PM to 6:30AM.
There's a time you adjust, then after adjusting it just start wearing you down. I eventually felt horrible with that type of work schedule.
i work 6pm - 6am. didn't take long to get used to for me. especially like the summer since i can get to bed earlier and not have to take my kids to school.
[QUOTE=knickballer]No offense but why the **** would you work a late night shift at Walmart?[/QUOTE]
Probably because it pays a $1 more an hour than daytime shift at the very least.
I'm getting a job at Walmart from 4 PM to 12 AM. Should be easy considering I don't go to bed until 3-4 AM usually anyway.
[QUOTE=UtahJazzFan88]Probably because it pays a $1 more an hour than daytime shift at the very least.
I'm getting a job at Walmart from 4 PM to 12 AM. Should be easy considering I don't go to bed until 3-4 AM usually anyway.[/QUOTE]
I can only imagine the type of clientele that go into a Walmart at midnight. Are Walmart's open 24 hours a day?
[QUOTE=StateProperty]It hasn't been bad. Only thing is I can't sleep many hours straight during the day. Its like 5 hours then awake for 2 hours then another nap. In class right now runnin on five hour energy.[/QUOTE]
I think working night shift for eight months in 2011 has had this impact on me. It's rare that I sleep longer than 3-5 hours at a time, and I'm always up overnight, sleepy during the day. I don't really have a sleep schedule :(
I work at nights to with extreme comfort (i even begged for night time, its kindof more peaceful, no traffic, less stressful and i get payed much more), no problems at all... there is really no "right time" to be up or sleep, its just the earth spinning away from the light of the sun :P.... as long as you get your ~8 hours a sleep you can be up and doing whatever you wish...
I would die if I worked nights.
I work in IT and in the middle of my graveyard rotation.
I work about 2 weeks of graveyard (10pm-630am) every 6 or so weeks. i usually only need 1 day to 'get ready' for the shift. The day/night before i start my graveyard shift I try to stay up as late as I can (6-7am). that way i'll wake up around 1-2 and start my day.
I find it best to go home and sleep right after my shift and then wake up between noon-3pm. that way I feel a little more normal being up with the rest of the world. I'm basically getting up and starting my day at the same time that 'normal' people are getting off work. I still have plenty of time to be social and go out and play basketball. its honestly not that bad, i kinda like it.
the key is to go home and sleep right away. when you wake up, STAY UP. Shower and get started on your day, youre up and about with the rest of the normal world. that makes a huge difference. Otherwise all youre doing is sleeping and working. it WILL start affecting you at a certain point.
Worked midnights for almost 4 years now. It isn't bad. But I suggest you go to sleep soon after you get home (hour or two), then wakeup at 4ish so that you can have the rest of the day to chill. Because when you go to sleep at 2-3ish, and wakeup right before work, it doesn't give you much time to just relax....