JFKvsNixon Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I used to do seven 12 hours shifts on nights, then have 7 days off to recover. It was horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I used to work shifts at an engineering firm in Dinnington. The worst was going from days (day week ended at 2pm Saturday) to nights (Night week started 10pm Sunday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I used to work shifts at an engineering firm in Dinnington. The worst was going from days (day week ended at 2pm Saturday) to nights (Night week started 10pm Sunday). Nowadays I sometimes have to start an early the day after I finished a night shift. So for example I finished nights on Sunday 8 AM, then started my next shift on 8 AM on Monday. That was a bit testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 When I was a trainee I did 6 months through night shifts doing financial checks for overseas offices. My shifts were 10pm - 6am and I tried to live as normal as I could during that time. I used to finished work at 6am and just potter round like I would on a evening. I would even sometimes go food shopping or do some errands when supermarkets and shops very first opened before going home and having some sort of cooked meal. I would watch some TV - usually stuff I had recorded from the night before and then try to sleep between around lunchtime through to 6-7pm when I got up and got ready for work. It seemed to keep my body in normal mode - with exception of the daylight of course. Only exception was on a Friday/Saturday when I would finish at 6am Saturday, go home and try to sleep straight away so I could get up mid afternoon and have a normal weekend - until early hours sunday morning when I could try to sleep through as much as possible Monday morning ready for my shift again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) Nowadays I sometimes have to start an early the day after I finished a night shift. So for example I finished nights on Sunday 8 AM, then started my next shift on 8 AM on Monday. That was a bit testing. I used to have to do that - finish night shifts at 8am and then back on mornings at 7am the following day - didn't know if I was on this earth or Fullers tbh I really don't miss the night shift at all. Edited May 17, 2016 by Daven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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