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What are your experiences working overnight? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 13 points 7 months ago

You will become acutely aware of how many people do construction or yard work just as you're about to fall asleep. The first time I did graveyard the manager for my department mentioned he'd just read a study showing that every 5 years of night shift takes 6 months off of your life. Some people seem to manage fine but I always spent like a full day sleeping at the end of the work week just trying to catch up and have never eaten more fast food in my life, even with a physically intensive job I was still gaining weight.