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2003 BA Falcon XT
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Wyndhamvale, Victoria
Posts: 1,138
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Hey!!
It's 1:35 and I'm preparing for another stint of night shift work for this week (I'm a security guard) I live in Narre Warren, Vic and will be driving to Plenty Valley (that's about 64km away) to complete 2 9hr shifts, 1 12hr shift, and an 8hr shift at Ringwood. Then next weekend, I'm back to day shifts at Frankston. I have Friday off to re-adjust. Just wondering if anyone else here gets to have as much fun as I do trying to adjust to night / day work all the time!! Any tips would be great. I've read a little bit about continual night shift, and it apparently lifts up the chances of getting cancer, heart problems, gasto related disorders, and a 60% higher divorce rate!! I actually don't mind night shifts. There is no traffic on the road, nobody trying to annoy you in shopping centres, no bosses.... it's really not too bad!!
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EL GHIA LIFE
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Hunter Valley
Posts: 2,036
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done rotating shift work for the last 5 yrs, did a full week of day,then night, then arvo. Its not that fun, 2 of my past relationships suffered (tired, angry) sorta got used to the hrs. Loved night shift for those exact reasons, no-one round, quiet, no bosses. Well anyway im off to work.....Truck driving...
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Merry Xmas To All
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Melton South, Moderator: ORSM Club
Posts: 3,413
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I'm on an rdo tonight, but I do permanent nightshift.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 10,838
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When I finished uni I worked at Cadbury Schweppes on the factory floor - 6pm till 6 am six days a week. Lasted four months till I got a job in the field I studied in.
Was OK and great money all those years ago Cant bring myself to drink Oasis though? Sick of it now..... Last edited by gcg2503; 16-06-2008 at 05:06 AM. Reason: Typo |
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Done that,Got the t-shirt
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Roxby Downs S.A
Posts: 320
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Yes!! i work 4 12 hr days, have 4 off then do 4 nights at Olympic Dam mine Roxy Downs. Awsome money. Dont mind it at all.
Dont know if i could handle perminant nights though.
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I can count to potato!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: 127.0.0.1
Posts: 1,374
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I work 2 weeks rotating shifts. Love the weekends where I go from dayshift to nightshift cause I get a longer weekend out of it. All other weekends are just the norm. I hate the shifts but there is no other work here for me to do, thats why I wanna move to QLD.
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149 rwkw of Style
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Nth Brisbane
Posts: 1,277
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I rotate from nights to afternoons to days every 2 weeks. I get 2 weekends off every 14 weeks! I have been doing this for 18 years, the nights are becoming harder to sleep, maybe because I am in my 40's? Have just had 2 nights off but, I am still up at 2am(watching dvds). It is hard with a family...enuff whinging ok!
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Haven, Adelaide
Posts: 2,886
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i work either 9pm-5am for normal duties, or 10pm-6am when i am driving the forklift,
i work at australia post and we work sunday night to saturday morning. with a rotating rdo each week. this week i have tuesday and next week i have wednesday. so every 5 weeks we get friday saturday sunday off, i wish it was like this everyweek. ive been on nightshift now for 3 years at auspost and done it a year before hand with other jobs. i can say now i am sick of nightshift and i would love to go to day shift (i have my name on the list now all i have to do is wait my turn) but nightshift does have its positives, there is no traffic on the road on the way and coming home, i get to do stuff during the day if i choose to. get paid more nightshift loading is why we do it basically.
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1.3 Litre Suzuki power
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Magnetic Mountain, North Western Sydney
Posts: 273
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Yeah I am a shift working. I do 8 hour rotating shifts 7 - 3 , 3 - 11, & 11 - 7. I have been doing it for 8 years now and I don't think I could go back to doing mon - fri 9 to 5.
Sure weekend can be a pain but you can work your life around that + the extra money is great. I am on my last day off today and it is a nice quiet day on the roads and the wife is at work, so I am thinking a run up the putty might be on the cards. My wife is still happy enough for me to do shift work. So no dramas here.
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Regular Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 284
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I work a rotating shift and enjoy the nights, hate missing stuff (supercars/AFL/BBQ's etc on weekends. The wife is a shifty as well so we can sometimes go for a week not seeing each other but then sometimes we can have upto 5 days off together. Swings and round abouts I spose.
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GT
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SYDNEY
Posts: 9,205
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shift worker for the last 17 years . i'm 39 now and it's getting harder . the insomnia sets in . doesnt quite work out with family life . but wouldnt know anything else .
i think it does take its toll. insomnia , cancer, mental problems and high divorce rates are among my colleugues, but isnt that among society in general ?? after doing this for so long . i'm not sure its the life to live. going to bed every night and having weekends off would be a real blessing , after doing shift for so long . it's one of those things where time ticks away. you cant get it back. dont want to look back regretting it . but for now it's all i do. |
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Back in a Blue Oval
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Karratha WA
Posts: 707
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i work a 12 hour alternating day and night shift roster that goes like this:
Monday Tuesday - nights wednesday thursday - off friday saturday sunday - Days monday tuesday - off wednesday thursday - Nights Friday saturday sunday - Off-----> (sexy party time) Repeat continuing the alternating pattern. It can be hell missing every second weekend. not seeing mates for days on end, living a fairly solitude life. But the money is great. i've played 2 games of footy and round 7 is upon us. i'm grumpy as all hell. the missus is preggers. but its nice being out here all alone, looking out over the ocean smelling the sea breeze. As for increasing chances of geting cancer, last time i checked, everything we do increases our chance of getting cancer. heard last week they want to change our roster to 6on 6 off, where we do 3days/3nights, 6 days off. wouldnt be too bad, take 6 days off and have a 18 day holiday. but my life would be nonexistent during the days on i reckon.
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LIFELONG DJR SUPPORTER
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
Posts: 5,324
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12 Hour shifts, 2 Days, 2 Nights, 4 Off.
Get as much sleep as I can after the first night, and try to stay awake for the whole day after the second. That way I sleep well on the first night off and wake up refreshed to enjoy the last 3 days off! I like it! ![]()
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Pushrodosaurus Rex
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 239
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yep i too suffer the jousts of a night knight....
8 12 hour days on 6 days off, 8 12 hour nights on 6 off..... i dont mind the night shifts, just getting adjusted i hate! |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South Australia
Posts: 3,173
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Have been on nights for 4 months straight so far.. another 3 months at least to go..
Don't mind it really, traffic is much nicer, work is quieter |
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AU DIE HARD
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Location: Between 2nd and 5th gear
Posts: 5,073
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19 years of 3 weeks of nights, followed by one week of days luv it
![]() but as I drive trucks I allready sniff drugs, pop pills and have anger managment issues.... Well so says A Currant Affair and Co. so no ill affect on me ![]() ![]() ![]()
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doof doof doof doof
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SE Melbourne
Posts: 611
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i do 7 on 4 off rotating 10hr shifts. love avos and nights, hate dayshift. one thing i never fret about is how much sleep i do or don't get. i believe my body will control what is or isn't enough. if it needs more it will make me have more. got to admit though, it's getting harder to get out of nightshift mode as the years go on.
don't you love coming home from nightshift on a monday morning watching all those poor people driving to work! and i'm going home to bed lol! ![]() |
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XD Sundowner
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: moranbah
Posts: 1,078
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2d,2n,2off 2d,2n,6off ,and dont wanna do any of the other silly rosters around,was on a 4d-4off-4n-4off , and found if you get 1 bad day you dont seem to catch it up but the way we are i only have to battle 1 night if the 1 day slleep is not so good .and i can have a sleep at work if nessesary,its like permanent holiday every ten i basically have a week off ,but when we work we work i guess 12 half hour days .though im not 1 to suffer any fatigue issues i know what it is like for some.
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proud member of the MFCC
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,958
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yep i get called in at all hours of the night to come and work because iam casual
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