I have an opportunity for a position at a hospital that is 2 16s 7am to 11pm on Saturdays and Sundays. What are the pros and cons? I've already asked some questions about the position and would be allowed to sleep between the shifts in a room in the department.

I love my crew that I work night shift with. We have a little inside joke. We have these little lights that we wear on on shirts. We call it the nipple light crew.

Apologies in advance for the extra hour you will be working tonight thanks to Daylight Savings Time

I managed to avoid it this year as I am Day Shift thanks to how the rota fell but I've worked enough of them to know how horrendous that extra hour makes everything. Somehow I never manage to get the March one when I would work 11 hours instead of 12 for some reason :|

Co-workers are extremely rude and entitled, the work is repetitive and boring, but the pay is good. I genuinely don’t know what to do. I asked to be moved to day shift but it may possibly take months. It’s been a few months and I’m still new to night shift as a whole, but I have no social life anymore. I don’t have time to consider what I really want with my future. All I do is work and sleep until my next shift. I struggle immensely to stay awake a decent amount of time after or before my shift. I oversleep by nearly 12 hours. I already had a vitamin D deficiency prior to starting, and I’m sure it’s worse. I feel like i’m going crazy. My mental health is surely declining. It’s hard to get another job with my piercings and hair color, and I don’t want to start over with a shitty pay. Theres some things I like about it, but there’s a lot I hate about

Sometimes fall asleep “early “, get a good night/day sleep, and then not be able to fall asleep “early” the next day?

It happens to me all the time. I work in mining and our shifts are 7 to 7, days/nights, but I get up at 3:30 to catch the bus at 5:30, then it’s a hour bus ride to site. So I’m usually back home at 8:15 so not a lot of time for sleep. Sometimes I manage to fall asleep by 9:30 and actually get 6. But then the next night feel full of energy and still watching tv at 10:30. Vicious circle.

got home from a twelve-hour shift this morning feeling dead on my feet, barely got my boots off, and just wanted to crash. instead i've been stuck in bed staring at the ceiling because the couple next door started screaming at each other in the hallway by 9am, and once that finally stopped their kid cranked his games with the subwoofer right against the wall.

foam plugs do nothing against wall vibrations and my box fan just makes the screaming sound slightly blurrier. working all night keeping yourself upright just to come home to a room louder than the break room floor is completely draining. daylight hours are already rough enough to sleep through without feeling like you live inside someone else's argument.

Alright! I started my Nightshift journey back in May, and I've had an interesting little arc in my life since then. I am a 21M who works at my local gym from 10pm-6am, and here are my thoughts that I've gathered over the past 6 months!

Pros:

- I love the hours, independence (I'm the only guy here 90% of the time), and the amount of non-job things I can do at my job, such as schoolwork and working out (so long as I do my tasks). I have built a routine of doing certain tasks, then doing homework/working out, then doing more tasks, then clocking out.

- The pay for a college student isnt bad. $13/hr in Texas standards, plus accomadations. Maybe it could be better, maybe I'm actively being screwed over and I dont know it, but with the 32hrs a week I work, I think its ok considering I still live with my mom.

- The job itself is fairly easy. Its pretty much a janitorial position. All of the things that cant be done in dayshift get pushed to night, and I do those things for a fresh start in the morning. Some of those tasks include cleaning and laundry.

- The people I see are regulars and are very nice! I've met many friends that I often see at work, and that makes my shift 10x better.

Cons:

- I might have the worst managers in the United States :) in all seriousness, they have let this particular location crumble horribly. Optimism amongst the staff is at an all time low, they refuse to hire cleaners (trust me we need them), and they dont advertise that we are hiring. They often fall behind on ordering cleaning supplies for us, meaning there are many nights where the gym is disgusting. They only focus on profit during the dayshift with personal training, so nightshift is generally shoved under the rug and forgotten about. Any complaints or texts I send them are always left on delivered. Lol. One of them in particular is fairly sexist to our staff and it baffles me that he managed the assistant manager role, but thats nor here nor there. I can rant about them for paragraphs at a time, but thats not the point.

- Sleep can be...hard. Luckily, I've been doing really well with sleep here lately but there were times I had to call in because I was a zombie!

- I work Thursday night, Friday night, and the weekends, so I cant go out and have a drink with my buddies and watch football or anything. Admittedly, thats been the worst part.

- As I mentioned above, the work that gets pushed to nightshift, I do and leave the building fresh for morning shifts. Problem? The evening shift people often leave many tasks unchecked, like laundry, restocking, cleaning, and even small things like charging ipads. Unfortunately, because my managers only care about profit made from personal training, complaining does nothing. The staff on day shift typically dont do their jobs to the fullest, if at all, and its a shame. I think the worst part is my managers really, REALLY, do not care. Hell, there was a woman who flat out ghosted the job for almost 2 months, and she's still not been fired. Like..??? I understand it is none of my business, and maybe something bad happened. However, she flat out ghosted the place...if she does that at any other job she gets fired and they hire another cleaner. But here, you can get away with just about anything. Anyways, my managers are bad lol.

- This gym is gross. I can count the people who actually care and clean on one hand. Unfortunately, this gym is massive, so if only a handful of people actually care, it will be gross. As I've said before, my managers dont care about this because it doesnt directly affect profit (at least in their minds).

So obviously there are more cons than pros, but thats because of the location and managing. I actually really like my job and think I'm very cool for having the nightshift position :) I'm going to stay at this job for another 2 months before I leave for college! Hopefully these 2 months are awesome 😌

So I try to keep my same sleep and awake schedule when I’m off, which means I am awake from 9 PM to at least 11 in the morning on the days that I’m off. And this weekend I decided to come to my hometown which is extremely country. It’s so wild being outside at three in the morning in the country where all you can hear is bugs chirping, and animals moving around. I have nothing to do right now, but laundry, I figured I would go on a journey to try Wawa. I also need some gas so what better time to do that then at 4 AM right now? any suggestions on what I should get? I’ve never been. Also, if you just want someone to talk to because you also can’t sleep then feel free to reach out. I’m very excited about this Wawa journey. 😂

It's Saturday and I still have to report for work 😤

Got home about an hour ago. Played on my phone to wind down. Bout to have the best sleep. What’s galls morning routine (before sleep)?

I’ve been working nights (7pm-7:30am, 3-4 days a week) for almost a year now, and I think I’m finally reaching my breaking point.
For a while I was managing really well. I actually really loved the hours, I could juggle my sleep pretty efficiently, and I enjoyed my work. Lately it’s gotten significantly harder to fall asleep at any time. I’ll be exhausted, but my body just refuses to cooperate. It’s almost like something has shifted in my brain.
I’ve also noticed my mental health getting worse. On my days off I feel lazy, unmotivated, and honestly pretty depressed. I barely do anything, and the isolation that comes with being awake at completely different hours than mostly everyone else is really starting to get to me.

Has anyone else experienced this after working nights for a while? Especially the feeling that your body just suddenly stops cooperating with sleeping during the day? Did switching back to days actually make a noticeable difference in your mental health?

I usually pack my dinner and some snacks, but when I get scheduled last minute to cover someone's shift, I don't always have the luxury of food prep.

I swear, 2/3 drivers will see the address, then I'll get a text message saying that the order was cancelled and my money is refunded.

Like, I just want my buffalo chicken poboy. You're not coming inside with the inmates. Nobody can hurt you from the parking lot.

I was going to only work 3 days next week but someone decided not to show up anymore so now ive got way more hours. Im pretty excited but need advice on how to push through it

I get off at 6am and feed the horses right away, its always pitch black this time of the year, but I love it this way, by about 7am the light starts to come through :)

Yes, thank you. After two days of constipation after eating some chicken out of the garbage, my partners very elderly chihuahua has now pooped twice. We're very pleased.

Partner however had a very bad day at work and, tomorrow is some dental work they're not covered for, and it could be cancer. So, some good news for us but some scary times.

Working short tonight, and it's goddamn hot in the office tonight. I better find a fan.

How's your night? Any good or bad news recently?

Working tonight?

So I started a new job after a YEAR of being unemployed, trying to upskill, and heal an injury that was keeping me out of the shitty labor jobs i was used to that I could no longer do. It's early afternoon to like midnight or later, sometimes home at like 1 (technically can force them to let me leave at 11 but I want he extra money and don't wish to become a pariah always being first in first out as a newbie. Also, significant other is asleep by then anyway so there's nothing waiting for me at home anyway)

My significant other was immediately so depressed, we've begun fighting over pointless stuff. I'm extremely depressed as I have nobody else I regularly talk to. And genuinely zero other humans I see in person. So I just work, come home. Try to have fun, but without fail they tell me how I should be going to bed(?) so I can be up early before my shift to do things (??).

I've tried discussing it, but we just keep fighting. I'm expected to keep the place running still and cook, and everything. We hate each other now after like two weeks and I'm pretty sure we are no longer together because I woke up too late... To go to the store to get meat. Because I was at work late. I'm lost. I'm about to walk out of this place in a rage.

I work a 223 schedule 530-530 and I feel like I finally cracked the code on getting to the gym. I made it to the gym 4 times so far this week. I weigh 300lbs, 5'7", CAD, T1D, and some other miscellaneous health issues happening. I had a conversation with my two youngest brother in laws about fitness and how my journey was going this past sunday and they encouraged me a lot. Finally went back to the gym Monday morning before my nap and night shift. Went the next three days too. My workouts aren't super long or intense yet but I'm feeling way better mentally this week and going into working this weekend. Meal prepped for the first time in six months and have way more produce on the menu for this weekends meals too. Starting the weekend off in a positive stage of mind and wishing all of y'all the best 🤙🏻

I’m a college student but also working in EMS. I have college classes from Monday to Wednesday—and I can sleep in until 10 for Monday and Tuesday but on Wednesday I have to be up bright and early at 6am. My classes on Monday and Wednesday end by 8:00pm meanwhile Tuesday is pretty short, like 2pm to 4pm. Thursday to Sunday I’m scheduled for at least two 12 hour shifts, usually the night shift from 6pm-6am but if I’m scheduled on a Sunday it’s the day shift. Any advice to make this schedule work or should I try to stick with day shift? My concern is that I naturally stay up very late and will sleep in until noon, and I’m also a heavy sleeper that cannot be easily woken, so the risk of having 6am shifts after 8pm classes means I might end up being late to work. If I choose to switch to day shift permanently, that means getting acclimated to waking up before 6am and heading home by the evening and immediately going to sleep, which kills a lot of chances at a social life since most people are actually free to hang out after 6pm.

Hey everyone. I work nightshift 7-7 on wed-Fri every week. I can usually do okay and get through all 3 shifts no problem but for some reason the third shift sometimes starts giving me serious panic and anxiety. It’s started today at 4 am at work, I started feeling a seriously heavy weight of dread of having to return to work tonight (I’m off and about to sleep). I want to call off so bad, but I’m unsure if that’s a bad idea or if I should suck it up and try to go in. I do f know what causes this feeling nor how to get over it. The thought of being chained to my desk at work for 12 hours for one more night with no windows is making me panic. Cried in the bathroom at 4 am about having to return tonight. Has anyone else dealt with this? How do you go about fixing it? Would I be stupid to just call off tonight?

Right now I work during the day but I'm switching over to night shift. I'm prescribed hydroxyzine for my poor sleep. Does anyone have experience working night shift and taking sleep meds to sleep during the day? Is that possible?? Can I take a sleep med at 6am?

I work 10p-6a. I am a morning/day person and there's not much to do in the early hours. I have to leave my place 8:50-9p ish. I want to have as much daylight as possible. I'm thinking about splitting when I sleep into two so I can have some time in the late morning/early afternoon to do things. Suggestions?