To wonder why people would choose to work night shifts

[Whythough6666]

Surely it’s much better for the body to work day shifts and doesn’t the body shut down at night usually like urine production stops etc

Yes let’s have the emergency services just 9-5, see how that works out.
Let the elderly in nursing homes fend for themselves overnight.
Presumably you want to eat as well OP, so need the lorry drivers and night shift workers/cleaners at supermarkets.
The list goes on…

And the bit about urine?

A relative of mine works nights as it's opposite shifts to her husband, meaning they haven't needed to use paid childcare for their large family.

OP - YABU starting a thread with a totally inane question and then not returning to the thread.

I sincerely hope that helps.

Oh sorry the question was why do people choose to, not that you thought night working wasn’t required.
All sorts of reasons which have pretty much been covered already.
But nothing to do with urine.

More money.
No need for childcare fees (providing the other parent is at home)

I’m with you OP, night shifts are the work of the devil, why anyone would choose to do them I’ll never understand.
It’s proven night shift workers have high rates of cancer and heart disease and leads to an early grave. No amount of money is worth that.

I work nights so you and the rest of the population have the choice of enjoying a cultural night out every now and then. Except that we need to offer it every evening if we want to stay viable. You’ll book a 7pm show twice a year, watch it and then go back home / to a hotel to sleep at a fairly normal time. For me it means getting home at 1am and then I’ll need dinner and to wind down before bed. Most days of the week. And this is not even full nights like some jobs must do so that we can access essential services 24/7.

I have to work nights as I’m a nurse, can’t exactly leave the kids to look after themselves can we! I work opposite to my husband so we can do childcare between us. I don’t sleep after my week day nights so it’s really hard but it’s the only way we can do it without any family support available and not wanting to pay extortionate childcare fees. But it allows me to do all the school runs and never miss any of the school activities so it works well.

My friend is a nurse. She does a mixture but says she enjoys the nights as you avoid the irritating demanding relatives 🤣

I chose to when DC were young because then we only needed childcare in the school holidays, and usually for only 1 day a week.
Before I was married I was on shift rotation in another job so had no choice.
My DC are grown up now but if needed I would do nights again - but only 1 or 2 per week. I'm in my 50's now and my days of being able to power through after a week on nights are long gone.

As for urine production shutting down, utter codswallap. That happens when you are asleep, not due to the time of day .

It can work for a lot of people and we should be grateful that there are people out there that can and will work them!

I used to be amused buying booze after a nightshift, as while everyone else thought it was morning, I thought it was evening.

Commuting time is less if you are heading against the flow at 5/6 am

I did nights for years as a nurse, meant i
coul avoid using paid childcare as dh and I shared responsibility for the dc.

I can’t say I ever enjoyed nights and it did age me but I considered it a necessity.

I may do nights again, undecided at the moment but currently I do 9-5.

Some people like nights and some people have no choice. Not exactly rocket science🤷‍♀️

This must be the the most ridiculous question I have seen all week.

In my job (hospital), my colleagues that choose to do lots of nights do it for one or more of the following: higher pay rate, fewer people to deal with, laziness (there are at least 3 who just snooze the night away as much as they can and neglect any duties that don't feel like doing).

I couldn’t think of anything worse.

But I know people who do it so they can spend more time with their children and don’t need any child care.

The person who does nights sorts out breakfast etc and then sleeps whilst they’re at school and then they’re awake for when they get home and only need to leave when it’s bedtime.

My brother does it as he finds staying awake all night easy and he says it’s more money and you deal with much fewer people so the job is easier.

My 24 year old does two 12 hour day shifts followed by two 12 hour night shifts and then 4 days off.
Suits him and he doesn't want to switch to the M-F 9-5 option.

Honestly you can't figure this out yourself op?! 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Whythough6666 seems to have disappeared. I am wondering if they posted this during their night shift and are now fast asleep?

Do you have a link?

I'm a night worker and very happy with it however I'm helping to write some training material for new starters to my job and I think the health and wellbeing of being a night shift worker should be in the agenda. I've struggled to find viable articles/papers to back it up however.

I truly do not think it will happen to me. I used to do days in my old job and I was so stressed, tired, drained...Nights suit me and I'm so much happier.

So tell me OP how do I conduct most of my bat surveys, if not at night?

I work a combination of days & nights in a 24x7x365 work place

Yes it pays more

I prefer to work days

Well it's a good job some people are willing to do it. I don't know about you but I like having electricity 24/7 so that means power generation staff having to work round the clock. I'm not watching telly at 3am but I'd prefer my fridge and freezer to stay on.

Anyone else think OP has recently be shunted into nights and is hating it?