I did my 10 x 12s around dangerous mining equipment! Don’t worry, I almost got flattened by a 400 t mining truck once!
-Day shift:
Too many people
Higher expectations
Absolute slog
Managers breathing down your neck
-Night shift:
Broad discretion and autonomy
More free time
Quiet
No managers
Eheran@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Management is supposed to be positive? Do I get that right?
Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As a night shifter, occasionally this is a perk. You can get simple questioned answered the same day, and if there is ever some kind of policy issue it can be brought to their attention relatively easily. To say nothing of an emergency situation where you need someone above shift supervisor, management may say call them in an emergency but they never answer their phone at 3am but god forbid you don’t pick up on the third ring at 2pm when you’ve been asleep since noon.
Eheran@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Okay but that is a “their” problem? I always found nights to be quiet. If there is no emergency contact in place or can not be reached, that can be shitty, but at the end of the day not my problem.
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
If you have a good one yes
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The kind of customer you interface with at 1AM is absolutely NOT going to take “we can’t solve this now; I’ll make sure a supervisor or manager contacts you during the day” as an answer. You typically get quite the earful for something 1st or 2nd shift never has to worry about. After this happens a few times, it more or less eradicates any perks of working this shift.