working night shifts?

@muralirv (572)
India
June 20, 2008 5:02am CST
Do you prefer working in night shifts or in the day.
5 responses
20 Jun 08
hey there! i used to work on a call center before and on a graveyard shift and that almost killed me LOL...i mean, exaggeration-aside, i find staying up at night and sleeping through the day as TIRING. am not gonna go back to that work ever again!
20 Jun 08
amen to that! the only social life i had was drinking! :(
@muralirv (572)
• India
23 Jun 08
thats right.i was also working in a bpo - night shift.i was not able to view the day.only night i use to wake up and work thats all.no other entertaining was there for me.
@myliezl0903 (2726)
• Philippines
23 Jun 08
nope, i've been working into call center industry before but i would say that im really a morning person.,i can't sleep during daytime so quit.,and i wouldn't want to be in the night shift again.,right now im currently working with IBM philippines and i love the schedule we have here.,and im very much happy and satisfied with my job now! Ü have a nice day ahead! see you around!
@muralirv (572)
• India
23 Jun 08
good to hear that you are satisfied with your work.have a great day ahead
• Indonesia
20 Jun 08
well, i prefer working in day though i feel more energetic in the evening. i usually feeling sick after staying awake in the night.
@muralirv (572)
• India
23 Jun 08
that happens to to most of the people who wake in the night.
@_Honey_ (780)
• Philippines
3 Jul 08
Working nightshifts has advantages and disadvantages. I've been working nightshifts for two years. My first job was in a call center catering services for US and Canadian customers. I was into sales then moved to customer service. Our operation goes 24/7 but I was always scheduled to work night shifts due to the higher volume of calls since we're following US and Canada business hours. I can say that we were very well compensated compared to those who work on regular hours. Due to the stress of shifting schedules, we were given paid vacation leaves and Sick leaves plus other health benefits that other local company don't provide. Currently, I'm working for a BPO multinational oil company in assisting our co-employees in US and Canada whenever they encounter system issue which we support. I must say that I love working at night because the weather is cooler as compared to a hot weather on daytime and the traffic is very light. However, it takes a huge time and focus to get by with the long term effects of working night shifts. I admit that working night shifts seem to be taking its toll. That's I really recommend to make sure that you still have enough to time to look after your health. Drink vitamins, exercise regularly and eat healthy food. After all, no matter how high you are paid, health will always be the best wealth a man can ever have.
• Philippines
19 Jul 08
I would like to work on a day shift. My shift before was 5pm to 1 pm and I really hated travelling @ that time. I tried to stay until 4am, but I couldn't sleep on the couch... There were killing incidents in that particular area so I decided to just stop and go back to teaching.