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Krazy_Kirby posted...

4 10's suck.

spend most of the first day off recovering.
far less time after/before shift to do anything.

The job before last that I had was working for this company that answered phones for Verizon (forget it's name it's been like 3 years). Anyway it had mandatory overtime and 10 hour shifts (but between lunch and getting there back it was 12 hours total. Sucked as I had NO time at all during the week (I just did the bare minimum which was 5 days a week, many did 6).

I was so tired that even on the weekend I had to force myself to go play DnD and that was the only socializing I did. I'm older, so it's harder for me, but that is the norm for many and you start work at 10 am and finish at 11pm. I had to leave by 9:30 to get there and usually didn't get home till midnight.

I couldn't fall asleep right away, because I was too wound up, and also had just eaten, so I would usually crash around 1-130 am, get about 7 1/2 hours sleep and repeat the whole thing the next day.

It sucked, and once I found out they lied about bonuses etc, I stopped working there (was supposed to pay around 80k a year, based on the bonuses the promised, 2 months in I found out that it really barely paid over min wage (and 1 1/2 min wage for the over time which was mandatory).

When young a 10 hour shift can work, and I did 12 hour shifts on my first electronic tech job (at 19), i also know many nurses do 12 hour shifts as well. As you get older though that shit can kill you literally.

At my age/health I will try to limit myself to 6 hour shifts as much as possible in the future. I have a freaking hard time sleeping, but once I get to sleep I need about 9 hours or I feel like crap all day.

I was considering getting my degree in nursing (there is a year long program that would give me my masters in it since I already have it in education), but honestly I can't handle the shifts anymore that most nurses have to work, and with my health going downhill + covid....It's not worth investing a year to get my degree in nursing if I might barely even get to use it.