doe working third shift shorten your life span?
363498
NO i just seems like it.  im at work now hiding in the day shift bosses office.  it does however shorten your social life.
219704
Do you mean that it is behind the time?\n\nIf so it just offsets the time. It does not keep you at work longer.
544319
you sure your not 3?? take one sheesh i mean come on. and your too old?!!?!? beleive it or not your never really to old untill you cant go to the bathroom without your 20 yr old grandson will help you. lol. sorry no offence i really like the elderly, i really do your really nice to talk to... anyways take one...its harmful to have too many or to little...
671601
Im 33 and look no older than 24 and I never sleep for anymore than 5-6 hours a night and work at least 9-11 hours a day.\nI think its more in your genes and not smoking.
137200
I work with the frail elderly.  The work is often heart breaking but I can't imagine doing anything else.  Sometimes these folks have no family and if I didn't take the extra steps they would have nothing at all.  When I hear a formerly frighted member laugh with me at the end of a call, I know I am where I belong.
41530
Some assisted living facilities are offering twelve hour shifts. I've heard that some branches of hospitals, such as occupational health centers and places like that are adopting the twleve hour shifts too. I guess it all just depends on the facility.
955689
it varies, depending on where they are located and what jobs the employees do.\n\nWhere I live, they get minimum wage to start, but can get a small raise if they stay for more than 6 months.  \nWhere they really screw their workers, though, is on hours they work.  Here, they wont let anyone work more than 24 hours a week, which means they dont have to provide any benefits like health care.  But they expect you to be available at any time to work any shift as needed.
97939
Advantage: do what you want (stay up late, get a job)\n\nDisadvantage: you have to do things you don't want to do (stay up late, keep a job)\n\nDoes't matter if you are 18 or 88, you still have to answer to somebody and still have chores to do and rules to follow, even if they are your own rules!
57345
i am a c.n.a. it is a very rewarding job. it is a very hard job. you deal with young people with head trama to old people who have had a stroke. we do alot of charting; every 2 hr. we do bed checks on them, if the are wet or dirty we change them, we feed them if they are unable to feed them selfs. we give them baths. some of them can do thing on there own, but you will find that most of them can't do anything on there own. the worst part of being a c.n.a. is getting close to someone and then they die. it is really hard, it is like losing a family member. after they die we go in and clean them up, take off their glasses, take out their teeth and lay them on their chest, we close their eye's if they die with them open, and then the morgue will pick them up. you also have some that like to hit, bite, pinch, grab at you. but they don't understand what they are doing, i love my job and would not trade it for anything, but it is no joke. you hold peoples lives in your hand. it is really a lot of hard work. i hope i didn't scare you but i thought you should know all the details. good luck with your choice.
1063764
21 years in grocery (deli and produce departments). Don't know if I can make it til retirement in 25 years!! My boss told me that he read somewhere that retail is the third most stressful job under police/fireman and doctors/nurses.  Sometimes I feel that it's true especially during holidays!
664626
Relatively short life span, hard work.
208450
it can but for sure it will shorten you live alot,please don't
177326
Only maybe know # 3 = current setting. \n\nNot much older than you but just guessing.
229886
It's better to take the 2 8 hours shifts rather than working 16 hours straight. Although it might sound like you have more time to study with the second option, but after you strained your body like that, how would you ever have the energy to study anymore? \n\nI've tried working 14 hours straight a day for months, and i was far too fatigue to do anything else although i tried to rest as much as possible. Maintaining the balance is more important than stretching yourself to the extreme. All the best!
439225
You might be able to collect disability till workers comp kicks in. Worth a try. That usually kicks in after your third missed day.
776032
I worked nights for 3 years and I learned that it was best to just live life that way. Make sure you have a "normal" routine just like you would working days. And keep that routine on your days off if at all possible. That is what I eventually had to start doing because it's too hard trying to get your body & mind adjusted to a 1st shift schedule for just a couple days a week. You are probably just not a 3rd shift person and it's really affecting you emotionally. I understand what you're saying about not being able to switch to days right now. Just work on a routine & make the best you can of it until you can get back on a day shift.
960268
I plan to live everyday to it's fullest and have no desire to work until I'm 72 and then sit at home and rot.  I prefer to pass when I can no longer do the things I like, lose mental faculty, or control of bodily functions.