I’ve worked 2nd (afternoon), swing (evening), and 3rd (overnight) shifts for the majority of my life. I recently moved into a training position where I’m Monday through Friday, 8am to ~5:30pm (I get OT while I’m cleaning up and writing reports).

As much as the 2nd/swing/3rd shifts screw with your life in other ways, the difficulty in scheduling any kind of life services outside of working hours is maddening. Doctor’s appointment? Nope. DMV? Maybe Saturday, if you’re lucky. Chaperone your kids field trip? Hahahhah no.

I don’t want to burn sick time for a doctor’s appointment (I need to save those for when my kid is actually sick), and I sure as hell don’t want to use up a “vacation” day for it. How tf are you supposed to get anything done?

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    22 hours ago

    This. If I take another 1st shift job, I will make sure it’s 10hr shifts with the same week day off weekly.

    • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      16 hours ago

      A few months ago there was a major leadership change at my job. The guy who was 50% of the interviewers who recommended hiring me is now second from the top and my direct manager (I’m not third from the top, my company’s hierarchy is confusing).

      Suddenly, after most of a decade of it never once being a problem, I have been forced from my 4x10 schedule into a standard 5x8. I fucking hate it.

      • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        I feel for you. That sucks to have your life thrown into chaos for a decimal number on the balance sheet.

      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        I thought you were saying that the other way around, and was hoping to hear why you like 5x8 more

        because yeah, I like 4x10 more. actually, I like having the flexibility to do either one based on how I feel that week and the needs of the company. I like knowing that I can get my 40 hours in and fuck off whenever I want Thursday afternoon for a 3-day weekend, or I can bleed into Friday as much as I want if there are meetings that need to have happen or other work I want to get done by end of week.

        I get that some people would prefer 5x8 because they have before or after work obligations, but that’s not me so I would rather have a proper weekend.

    • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
      21·
      21 hours ago

      4-day work weeks are great, especially if you have a significant commute, because you’re cutting 20% of that right out. the adding 2 hours to every work day, not so much; but the longer hours can mean that traffic is a bit lighter. the guaranteed week day off is huge when you have ‘stuff’ to do.

      • s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        21 hours ago

        I absolutely hate commuting. If there’s one thing I learned in the spring/summer of 2020, it’s that not driving to work is awesome.

        • Anivia@feddit.org
          4·
          13 hours ago

          Driving is really fun unless you’re just sitting in traffic, the problem is not getting paid for the time you spend commuting

        • akwd169@sh.itjust.works
          13·
          18 hours ago

          The people who still had to commute places during that time also learned commuting is not stressful at all when theres barely any people commuting

          Almost like theres just too many people expected to commute to work, all at the same damn times

          Almost like if there was someway to offset start times and keep as many people WFH as possible, our lives would be 20x better

          But no. Fuck you. You show up at the same time as the rest of the city, and you make profits for the overlords just like everyone else, fuck your life and happiness