Midnight shift work usually involve poorly paid jobs. They are often factory type jobs or pseudo white collar jobs which operate in boiler room operation. Real jobs are disappearing fast. I wonder if everyone becoming slaves to the corporations.

Not a problem here since my wife won't let me date <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

If you already knew the answer, then why did you ask the question?

"...Midnight shift work usually involve poorly paid jobs..."

Yeah, those doctors you see in the ER's at oh dark thirty don't make nearly as much as the day time only Beverly Hills plastic surgeons. Far as that goes, give LAPD a call and see what they are paying officers these days, then add in the shift differential...

I've never worked a graveyard shift but I have worked the late shift. This was when I was on a film crew several years ago. The shooting schedule goes for 10-12 hours which means the support crew works 12-14 hours and because of union/guild rules regarding turnaround time, the schedule gradually rotated around the clock during the week. One week I would start at 7:00 and eventually switched to starting work in the afternoon.

It screwed up my internal clock big-time. After a while though it almost felt normal to head out from the office to the set at 1:00am. The only way I could feel normal was to sleep as much as possible during my off time to offset the time differential. I guess it was like working constantly in different time zones. After the last movie, I basically said NO MORE and went back to my regular job in construction.

The upside was that I sometimes managed to get 9 or even 18 holes of golf in before I went to work! <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

"Midnight shift work usually involve poorly paid jobs. They are often factory type jobs or pseudo white collar jobs which operate in boiler room operation. Real jobs are disappearing fast. I wonder if everyone becoming slaves to the corporations. "

Next time you see a fire fighter helping you because you did something stupid just remember what you said. Oh and when the helo comes to pick you up because you did something even more stupid remember what you said.

I have more education than most yet I choose to work midnights to help when people do stupid things like you. Next time you want to insult people...THINK. You never know because in either situation it might be me.

Ok maybe I read the post to harshly.... If so sorry.

Anyway are we slaves to corps. Only if you let yourself be. As with everything you always have a choice. It might not look pretty or be the nicest road but the choice is always there.

Yeah, my wife won't let me date either! Some people in the military (rifle company) work strange hours like 30hrs straight & preparing for a battalion (647 men)size movement at 0300. I had permanent jet lag for six years. You adapt. After a while, you don't care whether it's day or night. You just do what needs to be done.

Years ago I did this kinda work ... maybe 30 years ago.

I fell asleep at the wheel. Crashed through a brick wall. Screwed my car up royally.

Never will I do shift work again.