Working nights - SV650.org

tinpants · 08-10-06, 02:53 AM

I'm now 2/3 of the way thru my second of four night shifts. Just popped back in to the station for a bite to eat and a cuppa. ( oh yeah, and to waste half an hour or so on here!)

I was just wondering how many more of us work nights and what it is you do when you are at work.

No real reason behind this. Just being nosey.

08-10-06, 03:26 AM

Nope, I don't work nights. I just have a rubbish sleeping pattern at the moment.

08-10-06, 03:53 AM

I may be a little incapable of figuring out exactly what's going on.

08-10-06, 07:29 AM

I'm on-call one week in seven - right pain.

MrMessy · 08-10-06, 08:06 AM

Yes I work shifts and do 7 nights in a row, sometimes all 12hours? I am a Facilities Systems Officer. Try to do as little as possible

Used to be on e-bay but they have banned it at work

SoulKiss · 08-10-06, 08:36 AM

used to nights in an ISP's NOC (Network Operations Centre)

Originally they didnt really care what was done at night, as long as any issues that came up or had been handed to the night shift were dealt with properly.

This lead to many nights of watching TV and playing Playstation games on the projector that was there to provide an over view of faults (was mostly for show for customers - we could have the same display on our PC's in a window)

Then I started working on a personal project for work (but that wasn't in my remit to do in "real work hours") which lead to me picking up a load of Linux skills (we were als o allowed to have our own servers on the public network as long as they were non-profit and above board - ie not Warez servers which helped with some of the Linux Learning), I also picked up PHP, mySQL and PostgreSQL as well as a few other things during those days.

All of which lead to my getting out of the NOC and into software dev.

David

Shellywoozle · 08-10-06, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bellerophon

I'm now 2/3 of the way thru my second of four night shifts. Just popped back in to the station for a bite to eat and a cuppa. ( oh yeah, and to waste half an hour or so on here!)

I was just wondering how many more of us work nights and what it is you do when you are at work.

No real reason behind this. Just being nosey.

I work nights, its horrid trying to sleep in the day light, need to get me one of those balck out blind things.

So Bellerophon what is it you do??

tigersaw · 08-10-06, 04:39 PM

Yep, either work nights or am on call for them.
Usually pretty dull, though bonfire night we get a good view form up here.

Wish airports would shut at night.

anna · 08-10-06, 06:29 PM

I dont work nights but work very late most days of the week at the moment..

Dont envy you your job though!

08-10-06, 09:17 PM

I'm with tigersaw on that, close the airports at night. No regular nights anymore to heavily involved in training to be used like that but the weekend after next I am starting work at 03:30 on Saturday and 01:15 on the Sunday delivering newspapers to Jersey. I used to spend weeks in the winter not seeing daylight, I hated that.

08-10-06, 02:53 AM	#1
tinpants Ubique Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Posts: 643	Working nights I'm now 2/3 of the way thru my second of four night shifts. Just popped back in to the station for a bite to eat and a cuppa. ( oh yeah, and to waste half an hour or so on here!) I was just wondering how many more of us work nights and what it is you do when you are at work. No real reason behind this. Just being nosey. __________________ Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're a pillock

08-10-06, 08:06 AM	#5
MrMessy Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 557	Working Nights: Yes I work shifts and do 7 nights in a row, sometimes all 12hours? I am a Facilities Systems Officer. Try to do as little as possible Used to be on e-bay but they have banned it at work

08-10-06, 08:36 AM	#6
SoulKiss Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunny Croydonia Posts: 6,124	used to nights in an ISP's NOC (Network Operations Centre) Originally they didnt really care what was done at night, as long as any issues that came up or had been handed to the night shift were dealt with properly. This lead to many nights of watching TV and playing Playstation games on the projector that was there to provide an over view of faults (was mostly for show for customers - we could have the same display on our PC's in a window) Then I started working on a personal project for work (but that wasn't in my remit to do in "real work hours") which lead to me picking up a load of Linux skills (we were als o allowed to have our own servers on the public network as long as they were non-profit and above board - ie not Warez servers which helped with some of the Linux Learning), I also picked up PHP, mySQL and PostgreSQL as well as a few other things during those days. All of which lead to my getting out of the NOC and into software dev. David __________________ Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████)

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08-10-06, 03:26 AM	#2
Law Guest Posts: n/a	Nope, I don't work nights. I just have a rubbish sleeping pattern at the moment.

08-10-06, 03:53 AM	#3
Carsick Guest Posts: n/a	I may be a little incapable of figuring out exactly what's going on.

08-10-06, 07:29 AM	#4
Jabba Guest Posts: n/a	I'm on-call one week in seven - right pain.

08-10-06, 04:39 PM	#8
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Yep, either work nights or am on call for them. Usually pretty dull, though bonfire night we get a good view form up here. Wish airports would shut at night.

08-10-06, 06:29 PM	#9
anna Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tower Hamlets but with Shutters on the windows Posts: 1,522	I dont work nights but work very late most days of the week at the moment.. Dont envy you your job though!

08-10-06, 09:17 PM	#10
Essex of Essex Guest Posts: n/a	I'm with tigersaw on that, close the airports at night. No regular nights anymore to heavily involved in training to be used like that but the weekend after next I am starting work at 03:30 on Saturday and 01:15 on the Sunday delivering newspapers to Jersey. I used to spend weeks in the winter not seeing daylight, I hated that.