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Big layoffs at work has had me bumped to midnights . My hat goes off to the guys that do this shift all the time . Last night was the first one and seeing thru these little slits is tough. Figured i'd come and read a bit and relax , i can hear the sheets calling me and i hope i can keep them on till atleast 3 or 4 pm today . Iv'e allways had a problem being able to sleep during the day . I mean i can nap but never get a deep sleep like at night .
Tough shift to work, but I guess it beats the heck out of being layed off!!!! Better go get yer rest Bobby!!!
Thanks and your right off to yonder . Have a great day guys.
My Ex is an RN and for years worked 11-7 so she could be home with the kids all day when they were little. Then I would come home from work and watch them while she got some sleep and then went to work.
It is a tough shift, your body is saying you should be asleep, and I understand that like 3-5 am is the worst, you just hit a wall.
I wish you well, and sorry to hear about the circumstances at work. This is becoming so common now, all these cutbacks and layoffs. :( Things had better improve soon or a lot of folks are going to be in trouble in this country.
Don
[QUOTE=Itoldyouso Things had better improve soon or a lot of folks are going to be in trouble in this country.
Don[/QUOTE]
That's an under statement if I've ever heard one. :eek:
On every forum I am on I see post after post of people who have just lost their jobs. I can't remember another time this bad. SW Florida used to have an extremely low unemployment rate, so much so that employers couldn't find people. In the last year that has done a 180 flip.
My Son just ran an ad for a Maintaince Supervisor for the highrise he manages. He usually gets 2-4 applicants. This time he got 46, and some of them were so desperate they found him (even though it was a blind ad) and showed up unannounced.
I just heard on the TV the other day, Cape Coral and Ft Myers lead the nation in home forclosures, and the entire country is setting foreclosure records. This is definitely not a very good time for a lot of people.
Don
I don't have the answers, but I think our elected officials are going to have to provide some.
It will be interesting to see how Ohio and Texas votes tomorrow as those two states seem to have a different view on NAFTA.
It's a good bet that running out the illegals would do little for the SKILLED labor market, but it would be a good start. You would see a big decrease in crime too.
As China is raveging its ecosystem with rampant industrial pollution, and is expanding faster than it can sustain, they are seeing their own labor problems, and THAT is good news for us. Unfortunately, as companies are considering ditching China, they aren't looking to come home: Taiwan, India, and Korea are looking good to them. So jobs aren't coming home any time soon.
It seems convenient to point out that with what we are spending on the war in Iraq we could easily improve and extend unemployment benifits. Unfortunately, that money we are spending isn't ours: Its being heaped directly upon the national debt IE we are borrowing it.
The next couple generations have a real problem. And, they are TOTALLY not up to the task. Was playing cards with some friends last night, and their 16 yr old girl was sitting in a couple hands... she was counting on her fingers to figure out how many cards between a 2 and an 8. Sad. Maybe they simply won't need basic math skills, but I really doubt that.
Kids today can surf the net and text like mad, but I'm not confident that those skills will bring them gainful employment. Seems like there ARE no more apprenticeships. And no wonder; kids expect to step out of school making the same money as the seasoned hands.
As my supervisor says:
"If I could buy them for what they are worth, and sell them for what they THINK they are worth, I'd make a fortune".
It's too bad we don't send the politicians out to fight the wars. It would be a better world.
Midnights are not so bad when you get use to them . Every year I hope a bid comes up for a midnight spot were I work . One year I did work Midnights . And when I got home I worked on a 350 Old's engine a few hours a day . I had that car done fast . Seems Like I can get more of my car work done on that shift .
When Im working thats all I want is midnights, when you get home everything is open, and I dont spend my money as fast...
Did the graveyard thing five years 9-6... while taking classes during the day... I was much younger then and probably aged at least 10 years over the duration. Would never want to do it again... very difficult to get decent rest especially 2-5pm in an apartment with paper thin walls and teenagers partial to rap music :HMMM: I did discover a bar though with 7-9am happy hour :LOL:
On every forum I am on I see post after post of people who have just lost their jobs. I can't remember another time this bad. SW Florida used to have an extremely low unemployment rate, so much so that employers couldn't find people. In the last year that has done a 180 flip.
Don this is so true . Working for one of the big 3 i am seeing buyouts of the better payed positions so they can get ready to hire at half the scale .
Well first day i did get the 6 hours i usually get . I am glad this is only for a week but more are coming thru out the year . The assembly plant i heard is going to 1 shift sometime this year that will be putting a hurt on alot of the lower seniority people. It is going to roll thru so many support jobs also .
Tango this will put a hurt on car work . I am a day person and like doing more after i get in home in the afternoon . But i would have to adapt if i became a long term situation i am sure .
I did midnites for four years; the first three weren't bad but that last one I just lost the ability to sleep during the day. My hearts goes out to you. Watch your diet on that shift; your metabolism slows and it's easier to gain weight. Hopefully it wont last too long.
The midnight shift been there,doing it myself. work 10 to 6,sleep 6 hrs up about 1. in the shop till 5 supper shower little tv and back off to work. I have never worked (dayshift) in 25 years. 7 yrs. 2nd shift 18yrs. on 3rds. cover your windows, put a fan in the room.