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Most jobs occur during the day, but would data on night workers reveal anything? It is still a significant slice of the workforce, often in vital areas: Medi
by NAFV_P 12y ago
Most jobs occur during the day, but would data on night workers reveal anything? It is still a significant slice of the workforce, often in vital areas:
Medical staff working long shifts
Firemen
Security guards, military personnel and police
Bar and pub staff
Cleaners
Heavy industry such as car manufacturing
Astronomers and astronauts
My grandfather worked as a steeplejack at Port Talbot in South Wales. The steel mill there followed the European shift: 06:00 - 14:00, 14:00 - 22:00, 22:00 - 06:00. There would have been very little variance in starting times, the work load was simply too high. Sometimes my grandfather would spend a whole shift working in the furnace, wearing a hot, sweaty protective suit. After the shift, if the pubs were still open, he would line up four pints of beer on the bar and down them all within about five minutes.
EDIT: made the list more, readable.
- Guvante 12y agoThe problem is you almost need to consider 100% coverage jobs as a separate category. Late shift starting time is more decided based on when they want the early shift coming in than their own preferences. Similarly for "after hours" jobs such as cleaners or pub staff. They are required to start after everyone leaves so kind of get limited based on that (although that is only a one sided limit, so you could see if some started later). However I think you do have a point, there are a significant number of jobs where this is still valuable, such as those that want heavy coverage but overlap shifts enough for there to be flexibility, or jobs that want night time (vs after hours) such as astronomy.