I got a new job at hospital as admin assistant and I start at 6pm-6am and coworker notices me for not greeting them goodmorning or goodevening like Im so tired to say that is that bad? And by the way Im anxious to say that to them like after 12 hour shift when I say goodbye I will say good morning at 6am like they still expect me to have energy for that
Those are the best shifts in my opinion. I used to do 12+ hour shifts. My dream is 20+ hour shifts. It makes it easier to get hours, but I didn’t work more than 3 days in a row. Rare occasions I’d have 3 days on, 1 off, 3 on which was exhausting but you’d be surprised how energetic you can be at the end of a shift especially if it gets hectic. Panama schedule is great & it can be so nice to hit the grocery store or gym on your off day while everyone else is at work.
It may take a while to adjust though, night shifts can be rough. It helps to have good coworkers & you end up getting close to people.
I did internship in psychiatric ward and we also had 12hrs night shifts assisting doctor... my social skills are terrible but I still said hello or goodbye to people I met
Just exercise it... it will become a habit soon
3x12 hour shifts could work for me. Leaving me with 4 days to do whatever I want.
However, I would personally not work overnight and into the morning. Screws up your body ryththm. And no matter how much sleep you get, if you aren't asleep during those crucial hours of say 10pm to 3am, your performance in strength training is just not as good, in my experience.
As for greetings, just think you all need to chill out. I'm sure you'll be more sociable as you relax more.
I wouldn't work at a hospital at all.
Too high stress, too high risk, and too exausting.
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Back when i was doing IT at my local hospital, i was doing 24 hours on, 24 hours off, so like 24 hours every other day. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and alternating saturdays and sundays. And when i was off, i was on call, though i was the head of my department, if they reached out to me while i was on call, someone had better be dying or i would fire said person.
I am not sure what hospital you are working in, but I have worked in a hospital forwarding and arranging appointments for clinics amongst other things, and we were not ALLOWED to do more than 7hrs 12 per day.
u They do that there a lot. It’s a never-ending thing every time I’ve gone to a hospital. The nurses have those kind of shifts basically they’re married to their job that would be too much every day just to go home to eat take a shower and go right to sleep then get right back up and do it again.
12 hour shift patterns are commonplace but obviously can take a little to get used to if this is a new thing for you but you should absolutely have the energy to be polite , I mean what effort is it to be nice?
I would love to work at a hospital, as long as it's a job I'm able and qualified to handle. I am sensitive to odours so might not be able to work with patients.
Why do they need administrative deskworkers to stay for 12 hours? I can understand the ICU staff, nurses and most of the doctors…? 🧐
I think I could definitely do a 12 hour shift especially if it's admin assistant job at a hospital. And then what's usually great about it is you only work 3 or 4 days a week.
If I was getting paid well, and not too many problems came up, I think I could do it. But it's not sustainable when it comes to a day to day schedule.
12 hours a day, 5 days a week would wear me out quite a bit
Will take you sometime to adjust to that schedule, and hopefully you will get enough sleep to be more congenial as time goes by
Sometimes I use the Herman Munster wave; it seems to be very energy-efficient. I prefer wordless greetings in general as I don’t want to draw too much attention.
That's normal at a hospital, so yeah if I chose to work at a hospital then I would.
It doesn't matter how tired I am I will always greet my colleagues or whoever sees me at work. Being tired is not an excuse for rudeness.
Never an excuse for poor etiquette. Rustle up the energy and give a glance, a nod or a greeting to acknowledge them
Wait you got a low-level job and can't even handle that?
I would, but I can be a workaholic when it is needed.
A 12 hour shift isn't crazy. Most people are used to 8 so it seems like a lot.
I would do three 13 hour shifts so I could have the other four days off.
Sure I've worked 12 hour shifts for the last 34 years.
u If it paid good enough sure
No. That's too much for me.
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