Those who work on shifts, how does it interfere with life?
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The hubster used to work 8-hour rotating shifts. It was quite difficult for him especially when he had to sleep in the day so he could work at night. Our life back then had to revolve around his work schedule. It was quite inconvenient but bo pian. Heng ah, he doesn't have to do that anymore.
Those of you who work on rotating shifts, how does that inconvenience your life? How do you have a life around work? Would love you hear your experiences. -
what life?
but seriously, being unattached, working shifts did give me a lot of time where others are at work.. i got to go do stuff like browsing through bookshops where it's not a total squeeze and a nightmarish horde of people are around you
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not good for a person's metabolism.
human's liver starts to functions at abt 11pm, and this is the time that a person need to rest to let the liver does its job - detoxification.
if a person is still working and taking supper after 11pm, it will do more than impeding the liver to function properly.
in the long run, his health will be affected. -
I miss shift work.
Except I am no longer as young as before, where I could do continuous shifts.
Now if i am on shift.....4am sharp....my eyes blurred & I will be nodding off, irrespectively how much sleep I had earlier in the day.
And when I am on regular office hours, I nods off at 10pm, because my body needs to wake up automatically at 6am for work. -
Rotating shifts is ultimately bad for one's health.
First to suffer would be your sleep pattern. I used to be a morning lark and I'll rise and shine early in the morning and breeze through the day. Since I became a nurse, my sleeping pattern became totally screwed up and I became more of a night person. I'd still wake up automatically every morning at about 5:30-6:30, even on days off and on vacation, but I'll be stumbling about like a blindfolded bear!
I used to be rotated on Morning, Evening, and Night duties and I started to become Narcoleptic, as diagnosed by our very own Dr Bear!
However, working shifts presents you with the opportunity of running errands during off-peak hours and thus avoid the maddening crowd. However, sometimes, you're so tired you end up catching up on sleep anyways to really fully utilise the time off.
I know of colleagues who work the permanent night shifts at work so that they can go home to wake their children up, prepare breakfast, and send them off to school. A few of them also work shifts to coordinate with their spouses, who coincidentally, also do shift work, so that no matter what, at least one parent will always be home for the kids. It is a huge sacrifice but as moms and dads, I guess there's nothing you won't do for your kids!
The good thing with shift work is, you can play around with the rest days on your rosters and plan your vacations well. For instance, I'm getting a 30-day vacation using just 14 days of my accrued annual leave, because I played around with my rest days!
Ultimately, it's a trade-off. Sometimes, it's hard to go to work knowing that you're missing out on a party / event though. -
Re: bad sleep patterns. You said it. The hubster has apnea. We didn't know it back then. He only recently got treatment for it and is now sleeping with the aid of a C-PAP machine. When he worked on rotating shifts, I really pitied him. He could fall asleep anywhere, anytime, poor thing. Oh oh, idols is on, gtg!
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as above.
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I've spoken to nurses who have worked the permanent night duty for donkey years and even they tell me that up to today, they still experience difficulties falling asleep in the daytime!
Shift work is really not good for health, esp night duties. -
Nurses are wonderful people. *confetti confetti*Originally posted by Rhonda:I've spoken to nurses who have worked the permanent night duty for donkey years and even they tell me that up to today, they still experience difficulties falling asleep in the daytime!
Shift work is really not good for health, esp night duties.
Those of you on shift work, hats off to you. -
i find that i get less sleep now that i'm doing normal office hours...
and i'm doing a crapload more work too
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I thought you were an office slave not subjected to rotating shift work?Originally posted by the Bear:i find that i get less sleep now that i'm doing normal office hours...
and i'm doing a crapload more work too -
we get transferred... in 2003 until 2005, i was doing shift work and revelling in it..
was paid more too
now i'm a cubicle warriorOriginally posted by jetta:I thought you were an office slave not subjected to rotating shift work? -
Tally ho!Originally posted by the Bear:we get transferred... in 2003 until 2005, i was doing shift work and revelling in it..
was paid more too
now i'm a cubicle warrior -
its not fun esp working in the nite shift. My house used to have construction nearby when i work nite shift. They start working when i am also starting to sleep. OMG that time was really killing me.
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I work long hours, he works shift. we are stressed out and quarrels never end.
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i wanted to go kill my neighbour once...
but hey... almost died the next night shift but still aliveOriginally posted by SpeedStar:its not fun esp working in the nite shift. My house used to have construction nearby when i work nite shift. They start working when i am also starting to sleep. OMG that time was really killing me. -
Originally posted by jetta:Nurses are wonderful people. *confetti confetti*
Those of you on shift work, hats off to you.
Thanks!
We seldom get any thanks one... hope you don't mind if I scoop up all the confetti and frame them up, can? -
Mine shift is either 6am-1pm or 6pm to 1am.
Never having to squeeze on buses and MRt trains is a huge plus. -
All my friends on shift will always bring up the topic on liver.Originally posted by Ah Cek:not good for a person's metabolism.
human's liver starts to functions at abt 11pm, and this is the time that a person need to rest to let the liver does its job - detoxification.
if a person is still working and taking supper after 11pm, it will do more than impeding the liver to function properly.
in the long run, his health will be affected.
Liver liver liver, how sorry I am to you
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Actually, DG, there was a research done on nurses who work the permanent graveyard shift in the States. The conclusion was that there is a higher incidence of breast cancer amongst these nurses.
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Thats the problem, if your partner/friends/spouse isnt on shift, you lose out alot.Originally posted by Rhonda:Rotating shifts is ultimately bad for one's health.
First to suffer would be your sleep pattern. I used to be a morning lark and I'll rise and shine early in the morning and breeze through the day. Since I became a nurse, my sleeping pattern became totally screwed up and I became more of a night person. I'd still wake up automatically every morning at about 5:30-6:30, even on days off and on vacation, but I'll be stumbling about like a blindfolded bear!
I used to be rotated on Morning, Evening, and Night duties and I started to become Narcoleptic, as diagnosed by our very own Dr Bear!
However, working shifts presents you with the opportunity of running errands during off-peak hours and thus avoid the maddening crowd. However, sometimes, you're so tired you end up catching up on sleep anyways to really fully utilise the time off.
I know of colleagues who work the permanent night shifts at work so that they can go home to wake their children up, prepare breakfast, and send them off to school. A few of them also work shifts to coordinate with their spouses, who coincidentally, also do shift work, so that no matter what, at least one parent will always be home for the kids. It is a huge sacrifice but as moms and dads, I guess there's nothing you won't do for your kids!
The good thing with shift work is, you can play around with the rest days on your rosters and plan your vacations well. For instance, I'm getting a 30-day vacation using just 14 days of my accrued annual leave, because I played around with my rest days!
Ultimately, it's a trade-off. Sometimes, it's hard to go to work knowing that you're missing out on a party / event though.
The only good thing is the planning of leave, those on shift live for their off days.
Unfortunately, my company is enforcing a global wide forced taking of leave. And as expected, news of this resulted in many of us quitting -
waking up at 6am for a 7am shift is dreadful.
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Thats what I meant when 1 partner is shift, the other isntOriginally posted by mistyblue:I work long hours, he works shift. we are stressed out and quarrels never end.
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Oh that's such a stupid move! They stand to lose so much more by trying to squeeze blood out of their employees, who then quit en masse, can't they SEE that?Originally posted by DriftingGuy:Thats the problem, if your partner/friends/spouse isnt on shift, you lose out alot.
The only good thing is the planning of leave, those on shift live for their off days. Unfortunately, my company is enforcing a global wide forced taking of leave. And as expected, news of this resulted in many of us quitting
I mean, they've spent so much money and effort and resources to train you guys and then they make all of you so angry, everyone quits! Where's the logic in that?
BTW, didn't know you were doing shift work, DG! And LTNS! -
I work 12hour rotating shifts, even though I get 3-4 off days per week, those are non-productive days as my friends are normally not free on those days. I work every sunday, and this interferes with family time as well
And night shifts messes up your Circadian rhythm. I find myself having to rotate between day and night changes every 2 weeks. Most of my on shift colleagues complain of difficulties sleeping in the day, the over-reliance on coffee, poor health
It gets even worse when you do OT on off days. Even though my company pays really well, alot of us rather forgo vitamin ($).
Basically, shift work brings in more moolah but at the great expense of personal life and health. Its something I dont intend to do for more than 2 years. I believe those who are on shift agree with me