AIBU to think this is workable?

[lockdownwithwhoresdrawers]

Well, just about!

Desperately need extra ££ to fund last bits of a house renovation and the extra to cover for a garden studio. I currently work PT in the NHS in an admin position (2 days at home, 1 day in office) but have just been offered a 30hr nights role at Sainsbury's. My week would look like this.
Sunday 9pm-7am
Monday 8-4
Tuesday 8-4
Wednesday 8-4 then 9pm-7am
Thursday 9pm-7am
Friday - off
Saturday off
Sunday 9pm-7am again.

AIBU to think I can cram it all in as a short term solution? My 2 kids are at FT nursery and primary school, wraparound begins in September again so husband/me can drop from 7:30/8am.

@riotlady

Sorry but no way.

From Sunday to Monday you’d be working 19 hours straight, that’s not accounting for travel time- are you planning on driving?

Wednesday you’ve only got a couple of hours to sleep between heading from a day shift into a night shift- and you will probably struggle to nap at 5pm when you’ve slept normally the night before.

I don’t think you’d be doing a good job at either job, and it’s not worth it for a garden studio.

If you only work 3 days a week why don’t you save money on your child’s full time nursery and drop them down to 3 days?

DC is in FT nursery due to special needs, I need the 2 days as respite/meeting/paperwork time.

@OhHeyItsSaturday

A neighbour of mine works for them and says they give a warning for any sick days taken, so might be worth taking that into account in case you do get exhausted and ever have to phone in sick (if the warning thing is true, that is!)

I have thought about this but as another poster mentioned, if it isn't working in the first few weeks I can always chalk it up as a bad experience and call it a day. I haven't had any sick days in last 1.5 years and I did mostly 12 day fortnights last year, averaging about 64 hours a week on a 7 day run.

Don't second jobs get taxed at a higher rate? Or is that from years back.
Wouldn't you be better of extending your hours in your current job or working bank shifts as a receptionist?

Come on OP! It’s ridiculous. Just unthinkable.

Can you get a loan?

@MiaowMiaow99

Don't second jobs get taxed at a higher rate? Or is that from years back. Wouldn't you be better of extending your hours in your current job or working bank shifts as a receptionist?

I think so, but the uplift from tax credits makes up for it.

Hope you're not planning on driving home from work on Monday op.

Downright dangerous.

@MiaowMiaow99 any job whether first, fourth or fourteenth you’re taxed higher once you’ve hit your personal allowance. It’s not an automatic thing that because it’s job number two you get taxed more.

I do occasional weekend bank shifts if they have them going which means 25 hours over the weekend which means I don't see the kids at all in their waking hours.

@Wimpund21

Hope you're not planning on driving home from work on Monday op.

Downright dangerous.

2 min drive, can see the store from my top window

Have you tried napping on demand? I have two days a month where my first nightshift overlaps with my husband’s last dayshift (both police). I get up at eight, take the older one to school, basically potter around the house with the toddler til pick up time, wait for DH to get home at six then try to nap for an hour or so before starting work at nine. I’m absolutely fucked come the next morning and that’s having lazed around for half the day, not doing a second job and being able to spend the next day in bed. Will you make enough after tax and NI to make it worthwhile?

@Jangle33

No, that’s unsustainable and not fair on the kids. How can you “need” a garden studio that much?

I see what you are saying but it's going to be a den/sensory area for the kids at the moment, as well as WFH during the day for me

It does sound truly unworkable.

A night shift going into a day shift?

That's ridiculous, there is no way you could work sagely nor effectively, especially the Monday daytime hours.

If you have an admin job in the NHS, can't you see if you can join the secretary's/clerical bank to do extra shifts in the days you're not working, or even bank as an HCA or an assistant for therapies?

I assume your husband is full time?

@StarsOnAMat

Have you tried napping on demand? I have two days a month where my first nightshift overlaps with my husband’s last dayshift (both police). I get up at eight, take the older one to school, basically potter around the house with the toddler til pick up time, wait for DH to get home at six then try to nap for an hour or so before starting work at nine. I’m absolutely fucked come the next morning and that’s having lazed around for half the day, not doing a second job and being able to spend the next day in bed. Will you make enough after tax and NI to make it worthwhile?

Pottering with a toddler at home doesn't sound like lazing about to me! Sounds hard work, more power to you!!

Working 50 odd hours a week is totally do-able it is just that those shifts patterns don't work well together. You need to look for another 2nd job that has more hours on a thursday to sunday.

Husband is FT. I'm registered on bank and will take things that fit but there's not that much going right now. Did loads last year obviously. I think it's the spread of hours rather than the actual amount of hours.

Its not the sum of the hours, it's the working pattern.

I might speak to them about a different day to the Sunday night. The manager on the phone did keep saying he was concerned about my health.

The Wednesday night Sainsbury's shift will be brutal, seeing as you would be finishing NHS job only 5 hours before, and would be working Thursday night.

I'd ask if you can move the Wednesday night to Friday night instead, then it might be workable.

Hmm lots to think about. Possibly Sunday night catastrophising!

Sorry accidentally posted before I'd finished.

You'd then do your day job Monday-Wednesday, and night shifts job Thursday to Sunday with Saturdays off, which makes for less to-ing and fro-ing, plus you'll still be able to spend time with the family.

@Starseeking

Sorry accidentally posted before I'd finished.

You'd then do your day job Monday-Wednesday, and night shifts job Thursday to Sunday with Saturdays off, which makes for less to-ing and fro-ing, plus you'll still be able to spend time with the family.

That's a good pattern

Absofuckinglutely not.

Oh no OP, this looks horiffic, surely you don't need a garden studio that badly, do you?

Your NHS employer will have to agree this before you do. And I’m 99.9999999% sure they’ll say “absolutely not”.