one of my afternoon beer-buddies is foreman at the only sawmill still in the area. The mill is closing until housing starts pick up, and my friend was offered a 'watchman' position at the mill with only a slight drop in pay. He took it.

His new hours are 10 pm until 6 am.

He's gonna continue to stop by after work and we can both have our first beer of the day together!

LMAO!

(Laughing at the part about stopping by for the beer - not the loss of jobs)

There's a sunnyside to a sunrise.

Well.....at least he's still got wood!

Night shift sucks, but it beats the hell out of not working.

Yeah, night work does suck. I did it once for about 6 months when I was a kid--you are drinking beer when everybody else is drinking coffee. Felt like a zombie.

I am currently working 6pm to 6am shift. We switch every 6 months.

I was thinking about requesting to work in transportation, but they've got me slated for training officer in October. Once I become a training officer I'll be stuck for awhile, I think.

The plus side is, it's an extra $1.25 an hour. *shrug*

BALLISTIACLLY LAUGHIN !

My older brother spent close to 30 years working for SoCalEdison. 3 months on day; 3 months on swing; 3 months on graveyard. Then start over.

F that.

Your body never gets a rhythm. It's hard.

^ The 'rhythm' I refer to is: When eat? When dump? When sleep? When beer?

Rotating shift means rhythm changes all the time

I do nights every 4th week and also get every 4th week off. Some weeks are kinder to you bodys sleep schedule than others. One advantage to nights is there aren't many people around. You do your job and go home when everybody else is coming in. So far it's worth it to me, but I could probably come off them if it gets too difficult. Getting every 4th week off is a big incentive to stay on the night shift for me.

#10

My neighbor had a schedule like that, it killed his marriage.

lucky ****.

I worked 2 7-3s, 2 3-11s and 1 11-7 every week at one time.... plus I was going to school 2 nights a week.... luckily I was young...

^

talkin' about shift work...a big 'ol pile of shiiiiiift work....