night shift, day shift or afternoon shift?

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

The absolute worst was a rotating shift....... day/swing/graveyard :7 days on each. Could never get the 'body clock' adjusted.

That sounds brutal!

I hated it because it was a big building so they would cut off the air conditioner at closing. Louisiana is already hot. Plus, I just preferred to be sleeping around that time.

Thats horrible. Ours ran 24/7.

 

[cybercupid]

I've worked 1st & 2nd, and if I had to choose to only work one shift, I'm better with first shift! Mainly because I'm used to it, kind of got conditioned with it when I worked consecutively FT at the same job every day for years. Working 2nd shift, that one was 10 hours, and it was 3PM-1AM but sometimes had to stay until 3AM and that really messed with me. I hated not being able to ever make plans or trying to fit appointments and everything before work. Like who wants to go run errands and then go to work? Not me lol. I'd rather get up and go to work so I'm not thinking about how I'm dreading going to work, just have to kick myself and do it.

New job I'm looking at is 2nd shift but has flexibility with the start times and I'm definitely much better suited at a job like that with some variety, it's PT so some weeks I would be able to choose very long hours so I only have to work a couple days. And some weeks I can split up the time over several days (so they say).

 

[Cam]

I don't love that morning commute, but I prefer day shift. I've been working third shift lately though, as we've had some staffing issues where I work.

 

[Phillip]

I'm a day shift person...always has been, but I wouldn't mind nights.