Anyone work shifts ?

[joeychitwood]

In residency, I often worked 36 hours on duty, 12 hours off. It was brutal. In practice as an Emergency physician, I worked rotating 7am-7pm and 7pm-7am shifts for 26 years. I never was able to sleep well during the day, and as I got older, the recovery period after night shifts grew longer and more uncomfortable. Shift work was probably the most stressful part of the job.

[MoreCowdog]

I work on a passenger ferry and our watch schedule varies with the time of year. Even the 'best' schedule has drawbacks in terms of 0500 start times, but the upside is walking away at 1400 every day, and having normal weekends. The lower seniority people get less desirable night/weekend hours, and less regularity overall. During the winter we work split shifts 0500-1000, and 1500-1930, which leave little time for any kind of life outside work.