looking for night work, any advice!

Bracken3000

Im a seasonal greenkeeper at the moment which I enjoy but bills are starting to get worse with young kids and I cant pay for day care and work as it works out I'm worse off. I will have to be a house husband by day and work at night. Any thoughts about what jobs do the grave yard shift?

Del2005

Plenty of night jobs but what age are your children? Because looking after young kids all day and then doing an 8+ hour night shift is a quick way to the grave. It's different if they are in school all day. Where you are based and how far are you willing to travel?

Have you looked at getting family income support?

RedXIV

Also, if your partner is working working during the week (a lot of assumptions here) then the weekend might be a better place to start thinking about where to get work?

If you have your heart set on night work, if it was me, i'd look into getting a health care job as the night shifts have very good pay per hour.

Bracken3000

Del2005 wrote:

Plenty of night jobs but what age are your children? Because looking after young kids all day and then doing an 8+ hour night shift is a quick way to the grave. It's different if they are in school all day. Where you are based and how far are you willing to travel?

Kids are 1 and 2 in ages, living in Summerhill Meath at the moment so id say id be heading into Dublin. Im not to concerned with my health. Ill look into that family support income.

Bracken3000

RedXIV wrote:

If you have your heart set on night work, if it was me, i'd look into getting a health care job as the night shifts have very good pay per hour.

I would say I would need some qualifications for a health job.

Crazyteacher

A fetac 5 in healthcare I'd say but a lot of these jobs advertise that training is done as you go along. If you do decide to go down this route , move fast because it'll take a good few weeks to get Garda vetting through before you can work with vulnerable people.

celligraphy

My uncle does bread delivery , he got his truck and van license , gets good money but wakes at 3 every night for 5 days u til 8am and then drops kids to school and then takes his sleep

Bracken3000

Crazyteacher wrote:

A fetac 5 in healthcare I'd say but a lot of these jobs advertise that training is done as you go along. If you do decide to go down this route , move fast because it'll take a good few weeks to get Garda vetting through before you can work with vulnerable people.

Oh it be for awhile so I would have time but it would be worth looking into if they train you up.

Bracken3000

celligraphy wrote:

My uncle does bread delivery , he got his truck and van license , gets good money but wakes at 3 every night for 5 days u til 8am and then drops kids to school and then takes his sleep

Who does he work for? Would you know the pay?

con___manx1

Your quality of life will be very poor working nights all the time. I did it in a place before and quit after 6 months. You literally turn in to a zombie.

Bracken3000

con___manx1 wrote:

Your quality of life will be very poor working nights all the time. I did it in a place before and quit after 6 months. You literally turn in to a zombie.

Really haven't much of a choice, unless your earn 60, 70 thousand a year in this country, then its very difficult with kids to look after. This isn't done out of greed, just basic living to try look after my family.

mickmac76

In general delivery jobs, warehousing and security work require night time work. Also taxi driving in and around the weekend and holiday seasons. Pubs and nightclubs need bar persons and bouncers. Some of these jobs require courses to be completed or Garda vetting. FAS runs or used to run courses for security guards so try checking with them. I've worked an awful lot of night shifts in the last 18 years and they take a lot out of you. It's fine when you're young but gets hard as you age.

Kaylami

My husband works as a night Porter in a hotel. I work days and he minds the 4 kids during the day.

He finds it tiring but as I work shifts too we work it so he can sleep. What hours does your wife work? Because that would be a huge part of it.

Bracken3000

Kaylami wrote:

He finds it tiring but as I work shifts too we work it so he can sleep. What hours does your wife work? Because that would be a huge part of it.

She has a 9 to 5 office job, mon to fri. Id get the time to sleep somewhere.

Nekarsulm

Cousin started in a local bakery last October. Works midnight until seven approx. Loading delivery vans ready for the off. Found it tough at the start, but OK now. He is on his own till five, when the boss arrives. He is hoping to get onto the delivery end of things within a year or so.

Bracken3000

My wife works in Dublin city centre so she is out the door at 7am because of how bad the morning traffic can be so id need to back home before then.

celligraphy

Bracken3000 wrote:

Who does he work for? Would you know the pay?

Brennans bread think it's over 500. Ideally though op maybe if you looked into being a bouncer or taxi driver would be ideal also as you would work a few hours at 8/9pm and then back to bed at 4am /5am

KJ

I work part time at UPS. The hours are 3.30am to 7.30am Monday to Friday. Pay is decent and they are almost always hiring as there is a high turnover of staff.

Edit: I've just seen the post saying you need to be home by 7am so ignore me.

endacl

Bracken3000 wrote: »

Im a seasonal greenkeeper at the moment which I enjoy but bills are starting to get worse with young kids and I cant pay for day care and work as it works out I'm worse off. I will have to be a house husband by day and work at night. Any thoughts about what jobs do the grave yard shift?

Try Boots. They restock nightly with a dedicated crew. Finished by 2/3 am.

Bracken3000

endacl wrote:

Try Boots. They restock nightly with a dedicated crew. Finished by 2/3 am.

Any idea of a start time?