Does anyone else find getting up for the 9-5 shift impossible?

[Scouzer]

I don't know if I'm weird, but I find the 9-5 shift nearly impossible to wake up for. It doesn't matter in the slightest when I go to bed... 10, 11, 1... I'm totally wiped.

The strangest part is I find our 7-3 shift easy as pie to wake up for. My alarm goes off at 530am and I'm usually up without a problem even with a short sleep.

 

[nageov3t]

nope, I usually make it into work by 8:45 am without issue.

just ignore the fact that I'm actually scheduled to start at 8

 

[kamikazekyle]

I find from about 6ish to 9ish my body just wants to sleep. It doesn't matter what time I go to bed or how long I've slept. I work third shift right now, which is usually 11:30 pm to 8:30 am. Right around 6 am, I start dragging, and I'm home by 9am in which I pep back up (coincidence, I assure you ).

It was like this on my last job when I was working 6:30 am to 3 pm. Until sometime after 9 am rolled around, it was very difficult to focus.

You'd think if it was me dragging because I had just woken up, I'd be affected once I got into work now at 11:30, but that's not the case. For some reason, that AM time block is the nemesis of my biological clock.

 

[GeekDrew]

I'm useless between 5:30 AM and 10:00 AM. My work hours are theoretically 7:30 - 16:00.... which is completely stupid. If it were 10:00 to 18:00, I'd be *much* more productive.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Nope. Although at one of my old jobs I had no issues at all getting up in time for a 9 am shift but tons of problems getting up in time for a 7:45 shift. I was in college though and irresponsible about when I went to bed.

Stick to a schedule and it's not hard at all. In the past few months I've been getting to bed earlier (between 10:30 and 11:30) and getting up just before 7 every day no problem. It also helps that my wife recently got a job with consistent hours - no more getting up early some days and getting to sleep in other days. That just sucks.

 

[GeekDrew]

Stick to a schedule and it's not hard at all.

I've tried. The only way that works is if I am waking up outside the 5am-10am window.

 

[Scouzer]

Stick to a schedule eh.. lol, spoken like a true non-shiftworker.

 

[Invisible Evil]

WOW... Try working 1pm to 11pm THEN getting up to go in at 6am till 4pm...

Talk about a pain in the arse.

 

[HAL9000]

I can't function until 11:00

 

[shortylickens]

I PT at 5am so, no.

But I would hate to do 9 to 5 simply cuz of the traffic. It would drive me nuts.
Last job I had was 6 to 2, which was sweet. Whole afternoon to myself. Usually stopped by Hollywood (I didnt trust netflix back then) and the nearby grocery store for some fresh fruit or something. Good times.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Who works 9-5 these days? Hard to imagine getting a full day's work done in that time TBH.

 

[rudeguy]

I nearly quit my job when I went to mornings (8-5. We don't get paid lunch). Now I couldn't imagine working late again. Although I now work 8:30-5:30 so I can get lil rudeguy to school.

 

[herm0016]

haha.... shift work. actually it sounds kinda nice. I work whenever i have jobs... most jobs i am up at 3am or so and work till 10 or midnight or the next morning. sometimes my crew and I just sleep in the work trucks.

wus.

 

[olds]

Our hours are 0730-1630 but I work 0600-1430. I have no problem with getting up for either.

 

[TraumaRN]

Meh I've ruined myself, working 12 hour shifts. I work 3 days a week, do one day of overtime time every other week and enjoy the extra time off. Usually work 11a-11pm or 7a-7p. Pretty nice

 

[Scouzer]

WOW... Try working 1pm to 11pm THEN getting up to go in at 6am till 4pm...

Talk about a pain in the arse.

I do it all the time.. a few times a month.

 

[jackace]

Meh I've ruined myself, working 12 hour shifts. I work 3 days a week, do one day of overtime time every other week and enjoy the extra time off. Usually work 11a-11pm or 7a-7p. Pretty nice

I work this schedule as well, except at night. I go to work at 6pm and get off at 6am. I work 3 days on and 4 off then the next week 4 days on and 3 days off. It's a killer only because I have to switch from sleeping during the day to sleeping at night and back again in a short 3-4 day window.

 

[kamikazekyle]

I work this schedule as well, except at night. I go to work at 6pm and get off at 6am. I work 3 days on and 4 off then the next week 4 days on and 3 days off. It's a killer only because I have to switch from sleeping during the day to sleeping at night and back again in a short 3-4 day window.

I work a 9 on 5 off schedule with 12-hour weekends. But, I'm permitted to tack on an extra hour every day so I get 8 on 6 off. Having so much time off in a row every other week nearly feels like a vacation. I find I'm much more relaxed coming back to work vice just having a weekend off. By the time I"m starting to unwind in a classic 5/2/5/2 work week, I have to get ready for work again.

 

[coldmeat]

I just have a hard time getting up in the morning at all. I could sleep 10 hours but have a hard time getting up at 7. Let me get up at noon and I only need about 4 hours or so and I roll out of bed fully awake.

 

[shortylickens]

Who works 9-5 these days? Hard to imagine getting a full day's work done in that time TBH.

Doesnt the sheep dog do most of the work anyway?

 

[slayer202]

impossible, no.
horrible, yes

 

[olds]

Doesnt the sheep dog do most of the work anyway?

With all the earthquakes they have a few more cliffs. But there is a shortage of rubber boots.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Who works 9-5 these days? Hard to imagine getting a full day's work done in that time TBH.

I dunno, people who like the idea of sticking to a single schedule every weekday instead of having to work late one night and then early the next morning?

 

[TheInternet1980]

Getting up period is a bunch of bullshit.

Leave me the fuck alone until I have coffee in me.

Needless to say...not a morning person.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I work 7-4, and it sucks. I simply can't fall asleep on my own at 10. Even if I dredge through being dead tired all day, I'm not capable of falling asleep at 10. If I could get 9- or even 10- I'd be a much more functional person at work.