Dicke C

Well after 5 years working 24 hour shifts, tonight is my last ever night shift for my present employer BT. And on Friday 9th March will be my last shift after 19 years with the company.....eeeeeekkkkkkkkk

Still they are giving me a nice goldern handshake.

So I will be entering the big real world and have to work for a living!

Tonight is a good night........

T5OLF

iTrader: (4)

We do 2 days, 2 nights (7 till 7) to mirror BT's NPfit/data centre shift pattern. Been doing it for 2 years now. Every nightshift I think to myself I can't take this any more. 2 till 5 is the worst bit.

I bet it's a good feeling to be on your last one

Dazza01

Well, youv'e got 6 yrs on me doing the night shift just think you can find out whats going on in Emmerdale / eastenders now

Wonder Wagon

Why would you want to do that?

Dazza01

If your working like me what you doing on the net ?

Dazza01

cos last time i saw either programme, Mrs Sugden just got married and that chap died of a heart attack in eastbenders so im a little behind the times

Dicke C

Job search research!!!!

RobBBB

I Did my last ever 12 hour night shift last night 7pm -7am, after doing 9 years of them. Didn't realise the negative effects they were having on me mentally and physically until I did a six month stint of 9-5 a couple of years ago. After that it was a dead cert that I was moving on, so much happier and able to concentrate when in a proper natural rhythm.
Start my Mon - Fri 9 - 5 in March, the excitement ranks alongside first ****/saxo 1.6 to impreza tbo/xmas when I was six yrs old.

Will take a really dire set of circumstances or a lot of money to get me back on shifts. The shift allowance was nice, but it didn't make up for it..

Dicke C

Yes, know what you mean. Think I have missed an awful lot of my kids growing up, and they have missed a Dad. Its always I 've got to check the shift rota, can't do next weekend covering, got to do another set of nights to cover leave etc etc etc.
Yes the extra money is nice and the extra time off, but what good is a week off when everyone else is at work!
Still 5 hours to go.....

coolangatta

I worked shifts for 12 years, 5 shift continental rota, and hated every last night shift.
I still work night shift now I suppose as it's nightime in the UK while I'm at my desk

MonkiP1

Iv been doing nights now for 18 months, 12h shifts. But then im a security guard and get to sit on my *** and watch dvd's all night xD.

^OPM^

Been doing nights now for over 13 years-when ur an ugly twonk like me you have to hide away on nights