Working in Night shifts, whats your say ????

I have done shift work for over 7 years, and at first it is no problem. But eventually, I would be so tired. I started getting fat from the irregular eating pasterns. Hardly saw my family or friends. I had money but no time to spend it. I was living to work. When I was not working I would be sleeping. I had no more social life. And know all that work has gotten the best of me. I can no longer work. I even went to the doctor, and asked for help, because I was so tired and burned out. She asked me what kind of work I did. She send me home, telling me it was normal. Nothing you could do about it. After a while it catches up on you. Good luck with your shifts. Try to eat good meals and get good rest. Take a vacation or time off every once in a while. I did not do that, because I needed the money. But, it is important to take care of yourself.

It is a very difficult situation to be working in night shifts.Because it turns your biological clock topsy turvey. Personally I havent worked on noght shifts but my husband has to sometimes. When I see him trying hard to get some sleep in the day time inspite of all the possible disturbing sounds, I feel pity gor him. Also the food times are all altered and it affects the digestive system too. getting sleep is a major problem and to top it all, the initial days after the shift is worse because then he finds it more difficult to adjust back to the routine. It does affect your social life considering the fact that you will get less time to socialise. by the time you are up you will be all giddy and in a few hours it is again time to dress up for work. For those in the health care sector, it is night shift plus a lot of stress...Our body detoxifies all the organs at night when we sleep. Uit starts at 10 in the night if I remember right from what I read. So if you arent sleeping at the time u should be it will definitely affect your overall health.

Grave yard shift? NO THANK YOU!! Well back when I used to work for British Airways many of my shifts were graveyard shifts and it sucks!! I also used to do graveyard shifts when I worked in Call Centers. The only advantage of working graveyard shifts is you get paid more. But eventually your body gets tired of it so at some point you need to pump the breaks. So yes after 10 years of working grave yard shifts.. I hanged my boots and now am happy with my home based business. By the way nice to have you back here John

i am not finding a job which need working in night shifts. last time ,there is a good job position for me , but i deny it ,because it need transfering shift. i think night shift is not good for health.

Hi John, I have done night shift before when I was working in a factory. The factory is 24/7 and have 3 shift. But some of us come earlier or stay back to make some over time work. I prefer to work at night shift because there is less job to be do and less supervision. There is less supervisor/bosses who are just like to messing around. It doesn't stop my social life but it definitely reduce the time for it.

Hey there. If you work within certain industries then night shifts are often a necessity. I used to work in an Emergency Department at a local hospital and worked all kinds of shifts including ones that were from 9pm till 3am. They were the most difficult for me. Since being with my current partner I have not had to do these shifts. They can be kind of detrimental to your relationship especially wen you live together and are wanting to spend time with one another. To be honest my parnter and I are probably more night people anyway so if we could both have jobs where we worked later and slept in it would probably suit us!

I am not in favour of working night shifts. Being a woman, the safety factor is the prime deterrent for me. Though nowadays we have a lot of ladies working night shifts and the companies provide pick-up and drop facilities from their homes, even then I hear of so many incidents of girls being abducted and then raped and murdered! Apart from that, working nights and taking rest in the day disturbs the body’s natural biological clock which I don’t think would be very healthy in the long run. And then we have the family to think about too…married people with kids would have more difficulty in adjusting, specially with regard to children whom they can interact with very seldom if they are working nights and sleeping during the day.

I have never worked one single night shift and I don't wish to start now. I work until midnight from 4 or 6 in the afternoon and that is as late as it gets. I feel that the disrupted sleep pattern and family life is not worth the extra pay that the night shift would reap. Here after 10 pm it is already the night shift as far as pay is concerned and it is worth the extra for those two hours but I would never consider doing more hours after midnight. I admire those that have to do work nights in hospitals and the police departments and the like but often wonder what sort of family and social life they could possibly have. My father worked nights and we rarely saw him during the week at all

Night shift certainly affects our social and family life. Some people hardly see their family members during work days. When the person doing night shift is sleeping others are awake and when that person is awake others are asleep. It might have an effect if the shift is followed for years. The problem with health when you might do a rotating shift. For ex: one week of day shift then one week of night shift. I think this is the first time I am using the sleep emoticon.

I've had to work the night shift, myself, and I do believe that the time lag makes a difference. I've worked as a nurse's aide in two nursing homes and there were plenty of times when I had to work the night shift. I've also worked in a convenience store that was open 24/7 and I had to work the night shift there. It's rough but I think it's worth it if you need the money. You might be surprised at how many people work at night. Some nurses who work in a hospital or nursing home work at night. Some doctors are on call at night. Some doctors work in the emergency room at night. Hotels and motels are open 24/7 and there are people who work there at night. Truck drivers are on the road at night. It's interesting to think about how many people are up while we're sleeping. Kathy.

Hello John4Christ this is checkmail and think night shift for working will be cool.As normally i had worked int eh morning and day shifts and really got bored by it, as the time passes too slowly, and there is lot of disturbance during day time.Imagine a night shift job with quicky time going, no disturbance, no stress, no more boring in day light, just enjoyment.

At the age of 21 I worked in a nursing home 11-7 shift. at first, i felt OK but after a couple of weeks I started to walk around like a zombie. I came home about 7:30AM got to sleep about 8:30 then back up at 1 or 1:30 I had 2 Kids to take care of until I went back to work at 11PM , after a while I became very thin and pale. The night shift did not agree with me.Also I feel that I was not as focused during the day. My Grandmother always told me the best sleep you can get is is if you go to bed before 12.00AM let's say 10 PM and sleep until 6 or 7 Am . Today I have to agree with her. I surely don't envy ANYONE having to work night shift, even if they get sleep during the day.

I never work in night shifts...i dont feel its safe for me

If the money is good and Im happy on my job then wont be a problem with me at all.

last time i worked in a night shift in this compnay but it was ver boring i do not know here do these people come for issues for norton antivirus oe of worst antivirus in this world, there i hve to work about 10 hours a day, i also payed much less only , i do not have more and more mucha nd cmpluication in my life when i had many problems regarding eye and my heaith much and more

hi john when I was young and single I had to work the three 'different shifts in the hospital,I was a nurses aid and I grew'to love the night shift as it was so different. I had no trouble 'sleeping in the day and hAd a lot of free time when I did get' up.then I found I really loved the three to eleven shift as' everything exciting happend during that time. but whem I got married and went back to work,I did night shifts so I could be home with the kids in the afternoon I couldnt get a good days sleep.my health suffered,my family suffered so finally got a day job in a library.

I have worked in hospitality as well, though my shifts were a bit different. As a banquet server, I would work many different hours, sometimes coming in as early as 5 AM and not leaving until 12 AM... thought it's been awhile since I've worked in this field (2 years) so my memory may be foggy on that. Though I did not get very much sleep, what with living with my grandparents and constant distractions or people waking me up. Though I do believe my grandmother didn't think I actually worked that long, she thought I to be a har-lot... GASP! I was very upset, but more amused because of her lack of... what's the word? Trust! I am so sorry to have gone off subject... Night shifts do seem better, but only if it is a regular shift and not wish washed around!