I work the 6pm - 6am shift. Ask me anything.

[Hello_Kitty]

[shraby]

1. Do you get to see the

sun set and also see it rise?

[Hello_Kitty]

3. At the right time of year I see it on the way to work

And on the way home.

[Skittles]

15. I work the same hours

but live close enough to work to miss both sunrise and sunset. We do have a big screen at work showing what it looks like outside (no windows).

[Birthmark]

2. Take up astronomy on the weekends.

That's what I did when I worked night shift. That way I was still "on schedule" when I came back to work after the weekend. It's a good hobby.

[Hello_Kitty]

4. Good idea

Now that I'm done with college. I used to do my homework on my evenings off. These days I surf the net, read, and watch infomercials. And I live in Arizona where the skies are clear all the time.

[sventvkg]

5. What do you do?

[Hello_Kitty]

6. Semi-conductor manufacturing

The factory runs 27/7. I probably shouldn't name the company....Hint: Pentium Processors.....

[LDS Jock]

11. I used to do that too

here in Austin at Motorola, at least until the great layoffs of 2001. I loved the job. I was in the CMP section running wafers through machines. How glamorous. What do you do?

[Hello_Kitty]

18. You're kidding!

I was in CMP for 6 years. Now I'm in automated wafer handling, AKA, the stockers. Were your CMP's from Applied Materials?

[LDS Jock]

22. yes, from applied materials

the oxide, tungsten, and copper machines all were from Applied Materials.

[Hello_Kitty]

24. Oh yeah and the training site is in Austin now

Unfortunately it was still in Santa Clara when I went through vendor training so I never got to visit your lovely city. :cry:

[Gore1FL]

7. Hello fellow crap-shift worker

I do 23:15-07:30

[Hello_Kitty]

19. Thank God for DU!

:hi:

[Quadrajet]

8. Hey nightshifters!

I work from 10:30PM - 6:30AM.

[jdots]

9. The night shift stays in your system too

You do the same traffic in reverse.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I used to work similar hours

I am a night person and miss them. Are you paid more, for working nights? You should be. I was, but, little did they know, I would have expected to be paid more for working days! I preferred nights. :-)

[Hello_Kitty]

27. I get 12% shift differential

Pretty nice. I'd miss it for sure if I went on days.

[Zero Division]

12. I worked nights once, too. My biological clock has never been the same.

That's partly why I'm still up right now, posting on DU. It's way too easy to slip back into being nocturnal for me after working nights. It's difficult to be productive when you're awake while everyone else is asleep and most places are closed.

[Mr Bojangles]

13. I work the night shift for

a well-known shipping company (hint: it starts with "U" and ends with "nited Parcel Service" ;))

Granted those shifts are only 10:30-3:30, but it's a pretty rough 5 hours.

[Skittles]

14. I work the same hours

how many days do you work?

[Hello_Kitty]

20. Compressed shift

3 shifts one week, 4 the next. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and alternating Saturdays.

[Skittles]

25. CCBOMBS!

WE WORK THE SAME DAYS!

[Hello_Kitty]

26. Excellent!

You at work now?

[DemOverseas]

16. OK

Since I can't find info about the Red Sox/Cardinal game on this list...What Happened Sunday night????

[Gore1FL]

23. We got stomped by the Sox

The Cardinals pitching has been sub par so far, and the Red Sox have been effective at shutting down the meat of the Cardinals lineup.

[Champ]

17. What do you like most about Arizona?

[Hello_Kitty]

21. No suprise here: The weather