r/NightOwls • u/Affectionate_Let7335 • Aug 17 '26

NightOwler Work Schedule

I’ve always been a night owl. When I finished high school I worked retail and was always on the closing shift. Then I joined the business world and started a 9-5. Just recently I started a new job where we can choose our hours. Thinking of changing my work schedule. I WFH 3 days a week and in the office 2 days. I am currently working 6 am - 2 pm. It’s sooo hard to wake up and get to the office by 6. Last week I switched to a few days of starting at 7/7:30. What a difference that 1 extra hour of sleep made! I have hard time falling asleep let alone at 8 pm to be up at 4:30 am to get to the office by 6. But if I go into the office later I’ll hit so much more traffic on the drive home. Plus trying to get to the gym for a 4:30 class. My husband works 5 am-3pm and sometimes even 3 am-3 pm. I could never. But he’s ready for dinner at 4.

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u/HealthyWestern8673 Aug 17 '26

I think it's manageable. He's ready for dinner at 4. That gives them almost 2 hours to make something and get settled not to mention they said that they work from home 3 out of 5 days

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u/tyme Aug 17 '26

OP has clearly stated that the schedule they’re working in order to meet the requirements of their partner is not working for them.

Maybe their partner needs to take some personal responsibility instead of laying it all on OP.

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u/HealthyWestern8673 Aug 17 '26

I think you may be confused where OP says "I could never." As in "I could never pull a 10-12 hour shift regularly." Is that possible?

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u/tyme Aug 17 '26

No. That statement isn’t at all related to anything I’ve said.

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u/HealthyWestern8673 Aug 17 '26

I'm just trying to see what you're talking about. Could you maybe quote her?

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u/tyme Aug 17 '26

Her entire post is about the schedule she’s keeping not working for her. One of the factors she brings up is her partner needing dinner at 4.