Interviewing for a job where I'd either be working 11pm-9am four nights a week or one 14 hour day and two 10 hour days or something.

My mom is very skeptical about the overnight, and I'm aware there are health risks, but if they offer it I don't think I've got much choice as I am currently sans job. I'm already a bit of a night owl, is it manageable if I take precautions?

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    When I worked overnights, I first tried a work-night/sleep-morning-afternoon/errands-evening thing. It was a bad idea, I was dead tired at the end of every shift. Then I switched to a work-night/errand-morning/sleep-afternoon-evening schedule and felt a lot better.

    The hardest part is going to be maintaining any sort of family or social life. I couldn't handle that so I went back to days despite the reduced pay. But maybe it could work for you in your own particular circumstances.