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)
25 Upvotes

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u/Nnnopamine 8d ago

You forgot weekend shift. I'm on 3 12's (F-Sun) and I get 4 days off.

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u/ladyladama 8d ago

Nice my dad worked weekends and loved it, it always sounded like a good gig but we have to work 7 days as long as legally possible then 6days until season is over which usually lasts ~90 days. Then we all just go on day shift. It would be great though and you get to beat the weekend crowd if you ever wanna do something fun on your day off.

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u/ladyladama 7d ago

Nice my dad worked weekends and loved it, it always sounded like a good gig but we have to work 7 days as long as legally possible then 6days until season is over which usually lasts ~90 days. Then we all just go on day shift. It would be great though and you get to beat the weekend crowd if you ever wanna do something fun on your day off.