What's the longest shift you have worked?

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im not putting an option for less than 10 hours bc you dont exist unless you're like disabled or something. my longest was 36 hours

Aiko_E_Lara · Accepted Answer

It was an "on the job" training when I was a college and I had to work 12 hours a day even more than that at some days and I only have a day for day off so I can finish my 1,000 hours of work so I can finish my work on time before graduation since I got hired late. And wasn't even paid because apparently it's a part of a collage training. That's how on the job training here is supposed to be. I was living with my family that time. I did finish it in time tho. I thought that wasn't too much of a problem before even though it was really exhausting because every student have to undergo that until I realized that it was actually unfair. Now the newer batch are paid for it and they're lucky. That changes was made a year after I graduated which was tough luck.

Fireguy17 · Accepted Answer

I've worked 72+ hours straight.
We aren't supposed to work more than 48 hours with out a day off, but rules aren't to be broken.
If you are short due to illness etc, there isn't much you can do about it.
When the call for service comes in people expect someone to show up.
We have to be out the door in under a minute during the day, 3 minutes at night.

IslaTheWitch · Accepted Answer

officially I shouldn't work more than 6 hours in one go (German labor work)... after 6 hours I should have at least 30 mins break.

But on-calls are paid separately and also are under different rules. So it happened when we had a huge outage, that I worked for 36 consecutive hours... some people who got to know me when I just joined g@g know that I was online in all odd hours :D

in 2002, when I was part of a team launching a new website, we spent a week in the office, sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor and taking care of servers :D

Girlsontop · Accepted Answer

More than 24 hours I was an accountant working Friday morning till Saturday lunch time along with 3 other people, we were finishing up some important work. I was out for the rest of the weekend lmao

BlissfullyCurSed · Answer

I have some friends working part-time , but I have never worked myself. In Turkey, we don't have the thing called "tuition fee", so people my age usually pursue higher education and do not work. Of course, there are exceptions, but people around me either have an associate's or bachelor's degree. I wish you guys could do that too since most of you start working once you're 18 , and by the time you guys have enough money to study at a college, some will have lost their willingness to go on or will have been too busy with other stuff to give it a whirl.

exitseven · Answer

I worked for a company that installed data systems in banks and department stores. Often we would work at a department store at night. We would show up at 8pm and the store manager would lock us in the store at night. We would leave the next morning when the manager came. For a while there was a new shopping center being built and we were doing an install in ne of the stores being built. I used to sleep in the van on the way between jobs. I fell asleep in a suspended ceiling once. I made lots of money but I was literally falling sleep on my feet.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

At least 12 hours. Although, not as a job, I've worked on various recording projects longer than that and, 4 years sago, when I was being evicted from my house, I worked at least 70 hours straight!

JohnnyB123321 · Answer

Yeah, my longest was like 36 too. I worked like 12 hours some years back and a guy had a family emergency and he and I were the only guys that could do our jobs at the time. My boss approached me and was like, we are in a tough spot. Is there any way you could work the night shift today too? I said yes and I worked that. My boss came but the next day during the day shift and he was like, what are you still doing here? I said, well, I have to work my shift. There isn’t anyone to cover me. He thought about it for a couple quick seconds and just said, yeah. I guess you are right. He didn’t say much but the look on his face said it all. He was visibly just like, oh shit. I can’t believe we have you doing this. Each shift was about 10 - 12 hours. I left for a little while early in that night shift so I could go to my college classes and come straight back. But I’ve worked several 24 hour shifts too.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

On the day my vacation was about to start all hell broke loose & my employer required my services & informed me that I was authorized to work as many hours as I wanted. I worked 16 hours that day & 62 days straight after that.

Redstang88 · Answer

Longest I’ve done on day work was 29 hours. May have done longer stretches when I was on the boat for 2 weeks at a time, but it’s kinda hard to tell when exactly your day starts and ends doing that

ArrowheadSW · Answer

Once I worked 17 hours. I was a bit upset over it because I was trying to leave work after 15 hours but I kept getting called back.

Sevenpointfive · Answer

probably 13 or 14 hours at cinnabon. and get this! the fucking manager tried to not pay me for it

douride2 · Answer

I used to drive heavy truck. My longest day was 23 hrs. I left the shop at 3.30 in the morning. I got back at 2.30 the following morning. Break any rules? You bet it happened.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

At least 72 hours and I wasn't even getting paid for it.

Sharkstealth · Answer

I just worked a 14 hour shift on Tuesday only because after work I got randomly drug tested. My employer pays for the time.

bolverk · Answer

I've worked through full weekends (Friday through Monday) swapping out trawler engines surviving on Mars Bars, regular Pepsi, and battle naps!

ab2shifty · Answer

I think it was around 30 hours, it was actually my first job and me and my homies were all working together so we just messed around for the whole 30 hours 🤣

insatiable_curiosity · Answer

I had one situation where I went to work and didn’t come home for almost 2 weeks. Aside from that, 24-30 hour shifts were common for me in the past.

NathanDavis · Answer

around... 26 hours

Account · Answer

12 hours. Hopefully, I won't ever do that again.

Paris13 · Answer

About Three Long Days. xxoo

BCRanger10 · Answer

I think about 17 hours.

Anonymous · Answer

I work almost 10 hours every day.. 6 days.. but boss team planning for Sunday work too... but I actually against it

Phoenix98 · Answer

16-17 hours doing manual labor.

jamesgoldman · Answer

15 hours in my restaurant days

ChefPapiChulo · Answer

As a fireman?

Titlover01 · Answer

17 hours I believe

ShadezMcgee · Answer

20 hours

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

12 hour shifts

Tomisworthless · Answer

14 or 16hrs, manufacturing.

getwiththepg · Answer

23 hours.

dinojames22 · Answer

22 hours... emergency situation

shortster · Answer

19 hours.

eagle1951 · Answer

16 hours

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