Can an early shift in work mentally and physically drain a person?

c.p.w.g.w

My misses has started a new shift and starts at 7, she gets her 5.45 and is in bed for 9.30/10.00 most nights.

I have started going to bed with her and getting up with her most days. I find my days generally more productive so far and it's been 2 weeks of doing it.

somesoldiers

I do similar hours, but I go to the gym at 6 Mon Wed& Fri and log in from home at 730-4. tue & Thur I’m in the office for 7 with a 80 minute commute, drive and train.
Feels great to be on the move so early, fewer people in the gym, fewer people in the roads/ train. bed at 9 when kids go. Win win

bee06

If I had your start time and commute I would have been up at 6.39 at the earliest before I had a child.

rapul

Just get on with it to be ****ed! No point complaining, I work 12 hour nite shifts and it's an hour drive each way so very little sleep is ever had considering I've a young child, switch job or hours if you can't cope!

All in the mind, think positively.

Tom Mann Centuria

I had a job that started at 6am, used to take about 15 minutes to drive there at that time, and I'd be up at 5:20am at the earliest. Easiest, mind numbing job I ever had though, so never felt drained!

OP definitely getting up too early as has been stated multiple times.

inforfun

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Lucky for you that other people put up with it then, isn't it? I'm sure if you had a serious accident at 4am, you'd hope that other people had been willing to work through the night or get up early that day.

Where do you get the idea that i look down on people who do that kind of work and\or are able to do shifts?

dmc17

I read the first paragraph in the style of Parklife

IAMAMORON

Colten Dazzling Smugness wrote: »

Constantly tired. Day in and day out. I take Borroca (or aldis equivalent!) every morning which helps for about an hour then crash and burn before the first break in the morning. By then I have green tea and fruits to help energise again. I'm not a big coffee drinker.

In fairness drinking Borroca and Tea will only make you feel good short term, they are not a substitute for genuine rest or anything like it. You don't drink coffee probably because you don't like it.

Diet is a strange one. Everyone has their own. I respect that certain diets are always been literally forced down everyone's throats. But the healthiest diets are the ones which make you happy and keep you healthy. Eat what you like when you like and don't eat any crap, you will be fine. If you eat Ryvita and broccoli all day you will go mad.

If you are constantly knackered you should probably go see your GP, there could be an underlying health issue which you need to address. If you get the all clear there at least you have sought professional help. I am just a numpty, I wouldn't have the first clue of what ticks your buttons on anything so get advise from your GP.

lainey_d_123

inforfun wrote: »

Where do you get the idea that i look down on people who do that kind of work and\or are able to do shifts?

I didn't say you looked down on it. I said you have little empathy for those who do that kind of work. Quite childish to say they 'choose' it when they are some of the most essential jobs in society. I'd certainly never begrudge a nurse a moan about the hours. I'm very glad they chose to do that kind of work. Someone has to.

inforfun

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

I didn't say you looked down on it. I said you have little empathy for those who do that kind of work. Quite childish to say they 'choose' it when they are some of the most essential jobs in society. I'd certainly never begrudge a nurse a moan about the hours. I'm very glad they chose to do that kind of work. Someone has to.

Again, you get it all wrong.

I know for myself i cant function when i have to work 8am-6pm one week and the next week 9-30pm till 6am. (just pulling some times out of the air). The first couple of of a day shift, after a night shift, i would be a zombie because iwould lack a lot of sleep.
I already have difficulties to fall asleep on sunday evening after goign to bed late(r) for 2 nights i na row in the weekend.

Nothing to do with whether or not i have empathy for people who do.

Nurses and the likes work in a 365\24\7 profession so they have to deal with it.
I know I cant deal with it. That is why i am not doing it but i have a lot of respect for those who do go that direction.

lainey_d_123

inforfun wrote: »

Again, you get it all wrong.

I know for myself i cant function when i have to work 8am-6pm one week and the next week 9-30pm till 6am. (just pulling some times out of the air). The first couple of of a day shift, after a night shift, i would be a zombie because iwould lack a lot of sleep.
I already have difficulties to fall asleep on sunday evening after goign to bed late(r) for 2 nights i na row in the weekend.

Nothing to do with whether or not i have empathy for people who do.

Nurses and the likes work in a 365\24\7 profession so they have to deal with it.
I know I cant deal with it. That is why i am not doing it but i have a lot of respect for those who do go that direction.

That's fair enough if it's not for you.

This:

Also nothing to do with luck.
It is about choices you make

If you really, really want to be a nurse of garda, shifts come with the job. That is not unlucky, that is just how it is.

has quite a different tone.

Wanderer78

Worked shifts on and off for a few years, never again, badly affected my moods, eventually leading to depression and anxiety. Good Diet, regular physical exercise and rest are critical throughout the working week

Caliden

Are you pissing about on your phone or something while you're getting ready?


Have your clothes ready the night before and don't bother hitting snooze. You could even shower the night before and save yourself time.

You'd easily be able get up 5:45/6, get breakfast in and be out the door at 6.20.
Personally I'd be aiming to be in bed by 10pm but I enjoy my sleep so others may stay up.

Strumms

I did all sorts of shift work. In for 5am and in at 1am (that was a killer of a shift) and hated it all. My body could never get used to it and I’d take ages to try and reassimulate my body clock. The 1am start was literally a handy shift in term of workload in one way but because so quiet it dragged and you seemed like you been there forever. It sucked going home in the mornings especially in the summer, it was warm and bright and for a bad sleeper like me in a busy house not fun. I swore I’d never end up doing shifts like those again and I never will. It was a killer.

wakka12

lawred2 wrote: »

7am isn't that early

Any earlier and its a night shift. It is so early, I hardly know any typical jobs that begin at 7am

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

7am isn't that early

It certainly is in my book. You won’t see me darken the doors of an office until sometime between 9:30 and 10am at the earliest, starting at 7 looks like the middle of the night to me, I’m turning over for another sleep.

inforfun

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

That's fair enough if it's not for you.

This:



has quite a different tone.

I meant the same with it... just with fewer words.:D

lainey_d_123

Eleanor Worried Greyhound wrote: »

It certainly is in my book. You won’t see me darken the doors of an office until sometime between 9:30 and 10am at the earliest, starting at 7 looks like the middle of the night to me, I’m turning over for another sleep.

It's silly how many employers require an office presence at all. Plenty of jobs could be done remotely but they still insist on making people get up at the crack of dawn and battle through a commute to sit in an office all day and try to concentrate while people keep talking sh1te to you.

lainey_d_123

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

It's silly how many employers require an office presence at all. Plenty of jobs could be done remotely but they still insist on making people get up at the crack of dawn and battle through a commute to sit in an office all day and try to concentrate while people keep talking sh1te to you.

Fully agreed, fixed working times are out of date. Luckily in the area I work in getting the work done is what matters not being in the office at an exact time and out the door the minute the clock ticks to 5. Similar I can work remotely quite a bit etc but there are times when I need to be in too.