June 21, 2005
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Is working graveyard such a bad thing to people? Everytime my work
shift is mentioned to somebody at work, they always assume to say "I'm
sorry," as if I didn't have a choice. Then they are surprised
when I tell them that it's my choice because I prefer it. If they
ask me, this is the response I give them.There are five distinct work shifts, day, mid-shift, night, graveyard,
and early morning. If I work the day shifts (9am - 5pm) or the
mid-shifts (1pm - 9pm), I usually find that the day ends up being
nothing but work, because you don't have time to do anything else
around those work times. If I work the night shifts (6pm -
2:30am), there's a little bit of luxury before you have to leave for
work, but there's that compressed time in the afternoon that all it
does is makes you too conscious that you have to leave for work soon.Working graveyards (my 9:30pm - 6am) has a huge advantage in
having some free time around work if you want it. I usually sleep at
about 7am and wake up at 1pm - 3pm, so from when I wake up to when I
have to be at work, there's about 6 - 8 hours worth of free time.
That's enough time for me to do chores, relax at home, go to the
movies, etc... The only other shift that has somewhat the same luxury
as this is the early morning shifts (5am - 1:30pm), but that would mean
I'll have to go to sleep as early as 8pm - 10pm, and I'd rather not.So working graveyard folks? Not so bad.
Comments (2)
To each their own. I like waking up going to work first thing in the morning and then know that the rest of day is mine to do with whatever I want. I don't like working the late shifts because I feel like I can't do anything anything with the time before work. I can't really enjoy myself know that I have to go to work in three hours from now.
yeah, I'll get that feeling if I'm working the night shifts, but not with the graves. I mean, six to eight hours before work is actually a lot of time to play around with. I also have no problem going out to see a movie or something, right before I have to leave for work.
There are two things that really kills working mornings / days for me. One is Traffic, because that in itself ads as much as two hours to the day's commute. That's two hours I could be using for something else. The other is that I'll have to sleep as early as 10pm - 12am, which I really rather not do.
But all in all, it really does comes down to what you're most comfortable with.
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