Potential-Monke wrote: » Well as i said, i'm a night owl anyway, so working nights in general wouldn't be too bad. As for day time activities, banking i do online, shopping i can do in a late opening Dunnes or something, no missus and no kids (thank fooook!), and my hobby is gaming, so i think i'll be alright in that respect. As for the sleeping, i'll have no issue. I was a corporal in the FCA back in the day, and we went on 48 hour tactics where it was about 60 of us spending 2 days in Kilworth walking around, pretend fire-fights with blank rounds and "fake" grenades (the same sound but no spray). We set up camp and i was told i was on the 2am point duty, so i slid into my poncho tent for a couple of hours kip beforehand. Someone woke me at 8am the following morning as everyone was packing to go. Apparently i slept through 3 attacks. So no issue with sleeping! And the shift work from the last 10 years has probably already attributed to an early death, so not too bothered about that either! As i said though, it's for the money i'm thinking of moving, going from 19k to 32k with perks, so even if it's only for a while, and there's always a possibility of getting a day shift at some stage either through lateral or vertical promotion.
The Backwards Man wrote: » The whole we're supposed to sleep at night thing is a load of bollocks, how many of those who advocate that nonsense sleep naked in trees? None, that's how many! There's no trick to working nights, people trick themselves to believe this or that. There's twenty four hours in every day and your brain needs a wee rest for at least five or six of them, it's as simple as that
Jack the Stripper wrote: » What a load of rubbish, it's proven night work long term is not good. It does shorten life.
The Backwards Man wrote: » Fcuk all wrong with night work, it's the bad habits that shorten your life. Poor diet, poor sleeping habits, smoking, lack of exercise, people working nights are quite often more likely to fall into those habits, part of the martyrdom complex some nightshift workers have maybe. To say working nights is more detrimental than working days is just plain wrong, unless you're wangling university research grant out of it
After 22 years, researchers found that the women who worked on rotating night shifts for more than five years were up to 11% more likely to have died early compared to those who never worked these shifts. In fact, those working for more than 15 years on rotating night shifts had a 38% higher risk of dying from heart disease than nurses who only worked during the day. Surprisingly, rotating night shifts were also linked to a 25% higher risk of dying from lung cancer and 33% greater risk of colon cancer death. The increased risk of lung cancer could be attributed to a higher rate of smoking among night shift workers, says Schernhammer. The population of nurses with the longest rotating night shifts also shared risk factors that endangered their health: they were heavier on average than their day-working counterparts, more likely to smoke and have high blood pressure, and more likely to have diabetes and elevated cholesterol. But the connection between more rotating night shift hours and higher death rates remained strong after the scientists adjusted for them.
Potential-Monke wrote: » I've worked shift work for the last 10 years (as a Garda, so all over the bloody place, there was no such thing as a pattern!) !
Potential-Monke wrote: » As i said though, it's for the money i'm thinking of moving, going from 19k to 32k with perks, so even if it's only for a while, and there's always a possibility of getting a day shift at some stage either through lateral or vertical promotion.
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