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Interviewing for a job where I'd either be working 11pm-9am four nights a week or one 14 hour day and two 10 hour days or something.

My mom is very skeptical about the overnight, and I'm aware there are health risks, but if they offer it I don't think I've got much choice as I am currently sans job. I'm already a bit of a night owl, is it manageable if I take precautions?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Overnight work isn't healthy. I've had several years of my working life where I did night shifts and it was absolutely destructive to my mental health. If you're young and a night owl, I'd say give it a shot but understand that you shouldn't do it long term.

Edit: I should say that one of the biggest challenges with night shift is maintaining a balanced and healthy lifestyle. It requires a lot of discipline, otherwise you will easily find yourself adopting bad habits. Things like eating tons of fast food because that's all thats open during your commute, etc. Socially you can find yourself struggling too, when everyone else is out while you're sleeping or working. If you can maintain the levels of discipline needed to eat healthy, get sleep, and meet your social needs, then its doable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't want to do it long term and my mental health isn't great right now to begin with, but I don't think I have any choice if they offer it to me. I've been unemployed for 8, 9 months now? I need a steady income

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I added a couple remarks in an edit to my original comment. I would say that a steady income will be better for your mental health in the near term, but from personal experience it wasn't something sustainable for me.