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What's it like working night shift?
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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It's good and bad.
I worked on rotating shifts on a helpdesk. 2 weeks out of 8 was 7pm - 7am shift.
The good was that the office which normally had about 100 agents during the day was reduced to 3 or less. Way quieter and you could do/wear/say anything without issue. During day shift I'd be answering around 10 calls per hour but at night if be lucky to answer 1 per hour.
This is also one of the negatives. Not having much work to do or other people to distract you would make the 12 hours slow to a crawl. Missing out on daylight sucked. I was always tired because 2 weeks is not long enough for the body to adjust.
For the right job and the right pay I would consider night shift again but overall I'd preferably avoid it.