I used to do 12-hour shifts, 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. The other shift did the 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. shift then every shift alternated Monday to Friday and then Wednesday to Sunday- the average employee at that company lasted 7 months. Absolutely insane, completely unnecessary, but the company couldn’t be bothered to change.
That prison from Andor, that would have been an improvement.
If you don’t mind me asking what industry? Sounds like security?
It would be cool seeing the same guy at the start and end of the day for 4 days straight, and them seeing you. The overlap from arriving a few minutes early would make for an interesting comradery.
The problem with the job, other than the hours, is unless you actually like your coworkers to the point you want to sleep with them, you end up wanting to strangle them every time they do even the slightest little bit thing wrong.
Humans are not meant to spend so much time together.
Also people resent it when the security team do their job. Inevitably criminals try break into businesses in the middle of the night, and no one likes being woken up to be told this, despite the fact we’ve been explicitly told to tell them. Then they take the best part of 3 hours to get to the office/factory to meet the police, who then get grumpy that they have to stand around and wait.
So you hate your co-workers, you don’t get enough sleep, you never see the sun, the police hate you, your employers hate you for doing your job, and you can get fired at a moment’s notice for missing even the slightest thing.
Both of those options sound terrible.
I used to do 12-hour shifts, 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. The other shift did the 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. shift then every shift alternated Monday to Friday and then Wednesday to Sunday- the average employee at that company lasted 7 months. Absolutely insane, completely unnecessary, but the company couldn’t be bothered to change.
That prison from Andor, that would have been an improvement.
If you don’t mind me asking what industry? Sounds like security?
It would be cool seeing the same guy at the start and end of the day for 4 days straight, and them seeing you. The overlap from arriving a few minutes early would make for an interesting comradery.
Yeah security, watching CCTV cameras.
The problem with the job, other than the hours, is unless you actually like your coworkers to the point you want to sleep with them, you end up wanting to strangle them every time they do even the slightest little bit thing wrong.
Humans are not meant to spend so much time together.
Also people resent it when the security team do their job. Inevitably criminals try break into businesses in the middle of the night, and no one likes being woken up to be told this, despite the fact we’ve been explicitly told to tell them. Then they take the best part of 3 hours to get to the office/factory to meet the police, who then get grumpy that they have to stand around and wait.
So you hate your co-workers, you don’t get enough sleep, you never see the sun, the police hate you, your employers hate you for doing your job, and you can get fired at a moment’s notice for missing even the slightest thing.
You can’t sleep with them because you have to work while they sleep and they work when you sleep if it’s 12 on 12 off