3rd shift workers: when do you sleep?
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3rd shift workers: when do you sleep?
not trying to get another 3rd shift check in going here,but i don't have internet access at work,just wondering when the 3rd shift workers on here sleep? do you sleep as soon as you get home and wake up at 4 or so in the afternoon? or do you go to bed early afternoon/late morning and wake up just in time to make it to work?
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back when I worked 3rd shift. I would usually get home eat breakfast and then go right to sleep. would sleep till 4 or 5 and then get up eat supper and the I had Night school from 6-10pm and then be at work at 11 get by on coffee till morning again and then due the whole routine again. Cept on Friday's I would stay up all day or try to anyway and then crash friday night but then was able to be awake on Saturday during the day and most of Sunday. Would try to take a nap on Sunday afternoon from 1-4 or at least lay down and rest. Sunday Nights was alway's the long night's
Sublime out.
also worked 12 night shifts they got really long. but only 3 days one week and 4 days the next.
man I glad for my day job now.
Sublime out.
also worked 12 night shifts they got really long. but only 3 days one week and 4 days the next.
man I glad for my day job now.
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I try to go to bed when I get home, after 7:00AM. Sleep until 1:00PM or so. Up for a while, back to bed at 6:30 to 8:00 PM sleep for a couple of hours and then off to work 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM. When I have nights
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when in the military, i worked from 1600 to 0500, went to the gym then to sleep right when i got home, tried the staying up after words but it didn't work, just better to go to sleep and wake up in the afternoon.
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Sleep? What the hell are you talking about? 
Just kidding,
I work from 10 pm till 6 am. I usually don't get driving to work until about 10:30 (my job gives me a lot of flexability) and I'll usually get home around 5 am. I'll get my scope of work ready, start a little breakfast, check my trouble tickets, and if I have time, do a little online training. Usually I send my scope in about 5 till six am, and then I'm in bed. I try to sleep till about two in the afternoon, but usually sleep till 4 or 5.
Most of the time I sleep good one day, and bad the next day. I stay up on Friday, take a nap when my son does, but usually I still end up staying up all night Friday night. Sleep Saturday mourning, get up about 11, stay up till sunday mourning, and crash. Get up sunday night, and start all over again.
Just kidding,
I work from 10 pm till 6 am. I usually don't get driving to work until about 10:30 (my job gives me a lot of flexability) and I'll usually get home around 5 am. I'll get my scope of work ready, start a little breakfast, check my trouble tickets, and if I have time, do a little online training. Usually I send my scope in about 5 till six am, and then I'm in bed. I try to sleep till about two in the afternoon, but usually sleep till 4 or 5.
Most of the time I sleep good one day, and bad the next day. I stay up on Friday, take a nap when my son does, but usually I still end up staying up all night Friday night. Sleep Saturday mourning, get up about 11, stay up till sunday mourning, and crash. Get up sunday night, and start all over again.
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I work 8 pm to 4:30 am. I get home, take a shower and go to bed about 5:15. Ususally wake about noon, or when ever my kids wake me up. My weekends i usually stay up till about 2 am and wake up whenever.
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I would either split it with a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the evening or I would just lay down for 3 or four hours and then up for the day. I get lots of work done around the farm when I work a third shift. Usualy crash right after dark on friday and saterday though and wont get up till at least 9 am. Then dont usualy sleep at all before work sunday night.
The shift that I work now is a 4 am to noon or a 2 am till 10 am (on that right now and just woke up) I am usualy in bed by 9 if working the 4 am 8 for the 2 am.
Very rarely do I sleep more than four hours a night on a work day.
The shift that I work now is a 4 am to noon or a 2 am till 10 am (on that right now and just woke up) I am usualy in bed by 9 if working the 4 am 8 for the 2 am.
Very rarely do I sleep more than four hours a night on a work day.
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I work the 12hr 3day/4day rotation mentioned earlier. My hours are 645pm to 730am. I try to get in bed by 930a and get back up hopefully by 6pm if not a little earlier. I am having a bad fight with my sleep apnea. 
Even with sleeping all that time I wake feeling very unrested.
Time for a nap. break just started.
Even with sleeping all that time I wake feeling very unrested.Time for a nap. break just started.
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I don't... j/k
I work 7p - 7a, on a 7 day rotation of 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off, 2 on, 2 off.
I usually get home about 7:45 - 8a, grab a quick bite to eat (muffin, donut, something small), and head to bed. I try to be asleep by 9am, up by 2pm, and leave the house around 5:45p to do it again.
Makes for long days, especially with the 1hr drive, so I'm glad I usually only work 3 in a row. By the end of that, you're burned out.
I end up working a lot of overtime, and have been known to work 10-14 days straight. By the end of that, you feel like walking dead, just lack of sunlight. You're run down, so you sleep a little later, after a while, all you want to do is crawl into bed and stay there for a day or so.
Days off, I usually go home, go to bed same as usual, just get up closer to 11am - noon, so I don't end up sleeping my entire first day off away. Last night off, I stay up most of the night, but still go to bed sometime between 4-6am, and catch up on sleep.
I only do this 3 months at a time, then rotate back to day shifts for 3 months. By that time, you're ready to see daylight.
I work 7p - 7a, on a 7 day rotation of 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off, 2 on, 2 off.
I usually get home about 7:45 - 8a, grab a quick bite to eat (muffin, donut, something small), and head to bed. I try to be asleep by 9am, up by 2pm, and leave the house around 5:45p to do it again.
Makes for long days, especially with the 1hr drive, so I'm glad I usually only work 3 in a row. By the end of that, you're burned out.
I end up working a lot of overtime, and have been known to work 10-14 days straight. By the end of that, you feel like walking dead, just lack of sunlight. You're run down, so you sleep a little later, after a while, all you want to do is crawl into bed and stay there for a day or so.
Days off, I usually go home, go to bed same as usual, just get up closer to 11am - noon, so I don't end up sleeping my entire first day off away. Last night off, I stay up most of the night, but still go to bed sometime between 4-6am, and catch up on sleep.
I only do this 3 months at a time, then rotate back to day shifts for 3 months. By that time, you're ready to see daylight.
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thAnks for the input. i am going to try to switch. I usually have to be at work at 8:45 p.m and get off at 7. sometimes I have to be in at 6:45 for 12 hours,always off at 7 a.m no matter what the start time is. I think I will try to go to be around 9 or so,get up between 3-4 p.m,go the the gym,then have a couple hours b4 work to do stuff around the house. seems like all I do is sleep and work,don't get anything done during the week. going to try to change my schedule to see if I can find more time without losing much sleep. i work with a guy that sleeps from 8-2,then is up for the rest of the day. that sounds good,but I am not sure that would work for me. that is being awake for 7 hours before the work night starts,might make for a long night
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I find the earlier I wake up, the more alert and awake I am to start the shift. If I'm running late that day, and don't get out of bed till late, I find myself dragging and struggling to wake up until about 3am.. Of course, I'm a night owl by nature.
2 more weeks, and I'm back to day shifts. Now, getting up at 4:30am, I TRULY hate that, at least when I'm not going fishing.
2 more weeks, and I'm back to day shifts. Now, getting up at 4:30am, I TRULY hate that, at least when I'm not going fishing.