“Shift Work” or I myself affectionately calls it “Shit Work”, well whoever created such work concept, should be shot. Obviously some capitalist bright idea, to make him/her even richer
The thing about shift work, you might not notice it, but in the long run, your health will be adversely affected. I’ve tried working for a shift work session for two weeks and I just couldn’t take it. I immediately quit the job. Thanks but no thanks, but my health is much more important
Yes you get paid more but working long-term shifts at nights or otherwise rather than standard working day, you’re putting your health at a compromise such as …
- Cluster headaches (Association)
- Disturbing natural Circadian rhythms (Consequences)
- Ischaemic heart disease (300% likeliness if you’ve worked more than 15 years on shift)
- Reduced production of the hormone melatonin might increase the risk of breast cancer (Proposed possible causal factor)
- Higher rates of cancer (Association)
Still if you insist on working shift, a study suggests that, for those working a night shift (such as 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.), it may be advantageous to sleep in the evening (2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.) rather than the morning (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). The study’s evening sleep subjects had 37% fewer episodes of attentional impairment than the morning sleepers
