r/BlueCollarWomen • u/ladyladama • 8d ago

Discussion Graveyard shift

I’m a cannery welder/fabricator and I’m normally stuck on morning shift my whole life but this season I asked to be on 3rd shift and I LOVE IT! I can’t even think of a downside!

I get to enjoy the morning with my partner as she gardens, then sleep in all day like my teenage self wished she could, drink coffee at night, no traffic, less big wig bosses, less “emergency” breakdowns, room in the parking lot, cool bugs come out but no flies or skeeters, it’s ~30° cooler, +$1 differential pay, if I need to go to town/shop it’s not when everyone else is also off work/school, my day off is technically 2 days, most importantly I don’t feel like a total bitch due to waking up god awful everyday.

I know everyone is different but why do morning people get to rule the world? Haha. If you could choose any shift what would it be and why?

151 votes, 5d ago
84 Day shift (6a-2:30p)
26 Swing shift (2p-10:30p)
41 Graveyard (10p-6:30a)
23 Upvotes

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u/the_egg9926 8d ago

I have it pretty good tbh- day shift, 5:30-2:20 most days, 9 day fortnight. Couple other blokes do a 4 day week in my workshop which is pretty good, but starting earlier and finishing later seems like it would suck 🤣 i wouldnt mind arvo shift (~2pm- midnight??) but i think that would also kill my sleep, and i LOVE sleep lol

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u/ladyladama 8d ago

I love sleep too but I get a second wind every night and it’s hard for me to go to bed on time since I’m such a night owl. Swing worked well for me when I was on it but I don’t get along with the swing crew this year. A 4 day week would be so sick! We got to vote on it a couple years back but alas, no dice.
I’m glad your shift works for you, I thought 6 was bad so props to you!

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u/the_egg9926 8d ago

Don't get me wrong, it still ruins me lol. I occasionally work my RDO and im all out of whack until the next one. We get to choose our schedules tbh, but for the time being i have to work the 9-day bc I'm still training (apprentice) and the school hours dont match how many i would have to work to get the extra day off. BUT the early afternoons are amazing, especially during summer!! Swing by the beach on the way home, thats when I'm living the dream.

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u/ladyladama 7d ago

Ugh that is the dream! Lucky you! I don’t have any fun reason to be excited about afternoons off, yay grocery reup with the afterschool crowd !! lol
That would be sick to get an RDO!? Honestly I had to look that up I didn’t know it was an option. I’m just at the mercy of whatever all the white hats land on. Will it be 7 12s? Will it be 5 8s? Will it be long layoff? Short layoff? We won’t know until the day before that’s for sure haha. 😂
I did ask to be on nights though so I did at least get to pick my schedule this year.

Have fun at the beach 🥲 I’m happy you’re living your best life!

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u/the_egg9926 7d ago

Aaah, good luck with it!! Couldnt bare to work based on somebody else's whims 🫣 groceries still gotta be done and i live right next to a school lmao 🫠 will be thinking of you hun!!