shift work

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They Give With One Hand and Take Away With the Other

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 17 Mar 16

Hubby works 12 hour shifts. Either 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am. His day and night shifts change. A couple of weeks ago there were a lot of guys getting sick so hubby was asked to change to the night shift when he was supposed to work days,...

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Are you a shift worker?

Suebee @Suebee (2013) • Canada 25 Apr 12

Do you work shift work? Do you enjoy working the different shifts or just one straight shift. What are the hours of your shifts? Are they the typical 7-3, 3-11 and 11-7? Do you rotate the shifts you work or are you on one straight...

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Shift Work Or Normal Hours Work

marcmm @marcmm (1804) • Malaysia 5 Oct 10

When opting for a job, we have to put into consideration of the working hours. There are many type of working hours that many company have adopted. A famous office hours that is from 8-4 or 9-5 job and there is shift rotation....

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How many of you regularly skip breakfast?

sunisami @sunisami (93) • Australia 12 Jan 10

I know they say it's the most important meal of the day but I have to admit between working a mix of day and night shifts I'm not particularly good at eating first thing in the morning. I'm curious how many others are inclined to...

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What do you think about shift work?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 10 Sep 09

Most of my work life has involved working different shifts. When I first started work we had 8 hour days which ment three shifts per day. You stayed on a shift for 3 months and then rotated to the next shift. 8 hour days also ment...

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which shift do you like???

roel3satyo @roel3satyo (30) • Indonesia 7 Jul 08

In my place work there's 3 shift, morning, evening, and night shift, morning shift start at 06:00am - 14:00pm, evening shift at 15:00pm - 23:00, and night shift start at 23:00pm - 07:00am. Since January 2008 until present I've...

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Night shift!

my52cents @my52cents (569) • United States 6 Jun 08

My husband just started a job working nights. This is very unusual for us and we're both having to adjust. To make it worse, I'm on the computer all day long - and the computer is in our bedroom! Guess I need some advice for...

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Is your work making you put on weight?

kiran1978 @kiran1978 (4134) • Australia 24 Mar 08

I watched on the today (news) show this morning, they had a discussion on, does your work make your put on weight? Well they actually said the word fat, but I don't like to use that word. I can understand in some...

at computer all day

eat late at night

work make you put on weight

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Multiple Shifts/One Week

sharon_ @sharon_ (1169) • United States 3 May 07

I work at a job where I will sometimes work all three shifts in one week.I have so far been doing this for a year and a half. My schedule is hardly ever the same on a weekly basis, but I like the job. There is very little stress!!...

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When a partner works an odd shift, do you wait up?

Bee1955 @Bee1955 (3882) • United States 11 Jan 07

My husband works as a nurse during the night shift. I always wait up for him until he comes home. Usually I am on the computer or doing crafts, housework, etc. like any daytime person would. Then we sleep together during the day...

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Do you work shift work?

citygirl @citygirl (1080) • Canada 2 Jan 07

Do you work a combination of shift, or straight day? Do you find the changing of shifts hard ? I worked evenings for many years and found it hard to adjust to days. I now work 9 to 5 and love it now that I am used to it. How about...

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Surviving Night Shift

Adversa @Adversa (406) • Australia 25 Dec 06

I have my first (and hopefully last) night shift tonight. I start at 11:45pm (Its 4:10pm now) and finish at 12:15pm the next afternoon. Its the longest shift I have been given, and its at really awkward times. Its going to be busy...

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Have you ever put alfoil on your windows to darken your room?

_Deatiny_ @_Deatiny_ (613) • Australia 24 Nov 06

My room is like that at the moment, for my boyfriend doing shift work and myself partially too...it's actually a really great idea!

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