Shift Work
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My shift working hrs:
Day 8am-5pm
Afternoon 145pm-1045pm
Nite 1045pm-8am.
But now I am in permanent day shift 815am-545pm. I missed my shift working hours.
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think many of us do not realise how many people actually work shifts so that the rest of us may continue our lives in peace.Originally posted by thoreldan:was an immigration officer for 1.5 yr, quit last jan
timing is like
morning: 8am-3pm
afternoon: 3-10pm
night: 10pm-8am (10hrs compared to 7hrs for the above 2)
night shift is killer, normally until 5-6am like that, i cannot tahan liao...
totally no-life man!!! imagine sat night need to go work night shift.
Then public holiday need to work, sometime CNY also must ballot....
no life and dumb job, glad to be in IT line right now
some of these people are the police, SCDF personnel, nurses, doctors, immigration officers, certain personnel within the SAF, airport and port workers....
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I'm the authority on shift work here. I do lots of shift work. I've been shifted from one end of the office to the other end....just because someone else wanted my place. And whenever new stocks come in, I have to shift them to their appropriate locations (by model numbers). And whenever we ship out something, I also have to shift the goods and prepare them for delivery.
Other than that, my working hours are 9 am to 6 pm.
Yeah, yeah, I do appreciate the difficulties of performing shift duties. My brother is one such person and has to juggle hard between work and family. Nowadays, he's mainly on-call only.....not really doing shift anymore. Fortunately, as he has two young kids to handle. -
i left that boat recently.
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Shift work bites the big one. During my undergraduate years, I worked as a residential care worker, and did 48-hour shifts every second weekend, plus support shifts from 4-7 pm on weekdays when I was needed. The one thing that really annoyed me about it was that I had to keep changing my plans according to to my shifts - dinners would be cancelled, I couldn't set time aside to focus on my thesis, and so on.
Not that 9-to-5 was much better - I'm not a morning person at all, so most people learned to stay out of my way until I've finished my third coffee of the morning. Fighting traffic to and from work every day was a killer too.
Now that I'm running my own show, it's a lot better. Except for the occasional morning meeting with clients, I can do my work at night when I'm most comfortable, and I can take days off at my own disgression!
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Ged, 48-hr shifts??!!!
You used to work two entire days straight?! And I thought the docs here have it bad with their 28-hr on-call duties for about eight times a month or more!
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Yup!Originally posted by Manager433:You works in a hospital?
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Nah, it wasn't that bad. I got to sleep unless one of the kids decided to go nuts all night - in that situation, I'd have the option of getting on-call staff in too. On ordinary days, it usually worked out to 16-18 hours of work a day.Originally posted by Rhonda:Ged, 48-hr shifts??!!! You used to work two entire days straight?! And I thought the docs here have it bad with their 28-hr on-call duties for about eight times a month or more!
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Ahh... I understand now. Still, 16-18 hrs is a lot of work to pack in.Originally posted by Gedanken:Nah, it wasn't that bad. I got to sleep unless one of the kids decided to go nuts all night - in that situation, I'd have the option of getting on-call staff in too. On ordinary days, it usually worked out to 16-18 hours of work a day.
On a different note, I am sooooo relieved that this round of night duties is over!! FINALLY!!! It was utterly tormenting this time round! One of those times when I feel totally sapped of strength! So, I'm going to pamper myself tonight and tomorrow. woooohooooo!!
I believe in over-compensating for hard work, no guilt allowed! hahahaha!!! -
Does this mean you're gonna eat lots & lots of Ben & Jerry's icecream?Originally posted by Rhonda:Ahh... I understand now. Still, 16-18 hrs is a lot of work to pack in.
On a different note, I am sooooo relieved that this round of night duties is over!! FINALLY!!! It was utterly tormenting this time round! One of those times when I feel totally sapped of strength! So, I'm going to pamper myself tonight and tomorrow. woooohooooo!!
I believe in over-compensating for hard work, no guilt allowed! hahahaha!!! Wish I could join you! -
Nope... still very disciplined.Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:Does this mean you're gonna eat lots & lots of Ben & Jerry's icecream? Wish I could join you!
I spent a lot of time reclining, with a nice glass of cold drink within reach and lovely music playing, reading my book and mags. Had nice leisurely meals with buddies, watched a movie, bought two lovely swimming costumes, yakked on the phone with close friends. Sheer bliss!
Tomorrow, it's back to Planet Earth with a punishing session at the gym (hope I can wake up on time!) and then to work. It's gonna be a battlezone again tomorrow.
But hey, next week, I get to work only four days and it's gonna be night duties again. -
Poor thing.. do take extra care..Originally posted by Rhonda:Nope... still very disciplined.
I spent a lot of time reclining, with a nice glass of cold drink within reach and lovely music playing, reading my book and mags. Had nice leisurely meals with buddies, watched a movie, bought two lovely swimming costumes, yakked on the phone with close friends. Sheer bliss!
Tomorrow, it's back to Planet Earth with a punishing session at the gym (hope I can wake up on time!) and then to work. It's gonna be a battlezone again tomorrow. But hey, next week, I get to work only four days and it's gonna be night duties again. -
Sounds like you had a good timeOriginally posted by Rhonda:Nope... still very disciplined.
I spent a lot of time reclining, with a nice glass of cold drink within reach and lovely music playing, reading my book and mags. Had nice leisurely meals with buddies, watched a movie, bought two lovely swimming costumes, yakked on the phone with close friends. Sheer bliss!
Tomorrow, it's back to Planet Earth with a punishing session at the gym (hope I can wake up on time!) and then to work. It's gonna be a battlezone again tomorrow. But hey, next week, I get to work only four days and it's gonna be night duties again.
Hmm but dun punish yourself by overdoing it at the gym hor! Hope work goes well for you today too.