And enjoy your increased likelihood of heart disease and diabetes later!
I’m not sure about the diabetes, but I know stress increases heart disease.
If I was on first or second shift, instead of third, I’d be way more stressed out.
As someone who worked night shifts for a little - it’s really not healthy.
There are studies showing that type of disruption to your circadian rhythm can take like more than a decade off your life. After doing it for a while I felt it impacting my well being, not being really awake, hitting the bed and falling asleep immediately but not deeply, super high base load of stress and heart pain.
FWIW , I’m talking working 11-4/6am type night shifts, not the late night retail/bar shifts which are tough in their own right
I think it just depends on your body.
Worked night shift most of my life until recently, and never had any issues with it. Actually miss the emptiness of the roads and how little was going on while I was working.
I had to move to days a few times since the factory was closing night shift near Christmas time, and worked that no problem either.
Working days seems to drain me more so than any night shift position ever did. And I’m working an easier job now! It’s quite wild honestly.
You get breakfast for dinner!
I don’t mind it. Less work and more pay. But I am sleeping at the weirdest times.
Sleeping was really hard for me on night shift because people mow their lawns and you get phone calls during the day.
It depends on your personality and life. If you have kids or others to care for, or a social life, or anything else tied to the day-night cycle, then yeah, it sucks. No traffic on the road is huge, I don’t see how people deal with even just moving rush hour day after day. cue opening scene of Office Space Nope, I’m good with this.
