Weirdest/worst work hours you've experienced

[jon@af]

As I sit here at in my office at 10:20 a.m. - nearly 10 hours since I got up to return to the confines of this building - I can't help but wonder whether or not anyone else has suffered irregular work hours - or still does - and why.

Myself, I edit a weekly newspaper, which needs to be laid out on Monday and sent to press on Tuesday morning. Therefore, I am in my office quite a bit between those two days. I usually come in at 8:30 on Monday, unless a prior appointment necessitates an earlier arrival, and stay until roughly 5 p.m. Then, I go home until about 12 a.m. and come back and spend from about 12:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at my desk, laying out pages and writing stories as needed.

I'd say the majority of my work week takes place on Monday/Tuesday, considering that I usually work 20 hours between those two days (and I usually take the rest of Tuesday off starting at noon).

So, anyone else have some wacky hours?

[-Josh-]

I usually wake up now a days around 9:30 and sit in my room and browse the internet...it's rough

[jon@af]

Originally Posted by -Josh-

I usually wake up now a days around 9:30 and sit in my room and browse the internet...it's rough

Wanna get some Taco Bell? I'm heading out here in about half an hour.

[RaeRae1]

I have wacky hours once a month (third Tuesday) - I organize a Quality Assurance meeting for nine different groups, which includes nine different power points with about 15 slides each. I am the one that has to find, organize and compile all of this information for this 1.5 hour meeting. I cannot compile any of the information until the first of the month, I also have to wait for much of the information (financial records etc) until the Friday before the meeting.

I am usually here from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm the Friday before, then here from about 6:30 am to 7-8pm the Monday before the meeting getting everything printed and ready for the meeting. Then I arrive about 6:30 am to make sure I have it all together and to set up the room for the meeting at 8am. Then, I can finally breath for the remainder of the month doing odds and ends, then it all starts over again come the 1st.

[fredjacksonsan]

Show up at 445am and work until 6pm or later. Other times show up at 5pm and work as late as 3am. Nights, weekends and holidays included.

[Hungrycat7]

Weirdest I ever had was when I worked at DHL. Had to be there at 3:15a.m and was sent home no later than 9 a. m. It was always weird leaving work and heading home when everyone else was just gettin up and starting their commute.

[kris]

During the summer I usually work 16 hour days, and a couple hours of sleep. This goes on for six months. The nice part, is over 1000+ hours of overtime, some hazard pay, and of course no life.

[mudslinger88]

Absolute worst shift I ever worked was a 24 hour 'guard duty' shift. That sucked so freakin' bad. I haven't volunteered for guard duty since then. After that I just stick with working a regular 11pm to 7am. Now that I can deal with.
~JD~

[WickedNYCowboy]

I used to work 7am-2pm or as late as 9:30pm driving(my trade that pays). Firefighter 24/7/365 on call, when the pager trips off to work I go.

[KustmAce]

I manage a gas station and my employees suck. I work wierd hours all the damn time

[Polygon]

I work for HP as a field engineer so I have real wacky hours sometimes. Since I have to be on call once in a while I've had to go out at 3 a.m. to fix a server.

[jon@af]

I worked 46 hours from Friday morning to last night at 4 p.m. I could theoretically take the rest of the week off and still have enough hours.

[Oz]

Originally Posted by Polygon

I work for HP as a field engineer so I have real wacky hours sometimes. Since I have to be on call once in a while I've had to go out at 3 a.m. to fix a server.

Sucks, eh? I'm in the same boat. There's nothing like getting up at 4am for a 5am start to recable someone's patch panel.

[ericn1300]

Originally Posted by Oz

Sucks, eh? I'm in the same boat. There's nothing like getting up at 4am for a 5am start to recable someone's patch panel.

LOL, I'm in the same boat too. I do a lot of overnighters. Everything from a server swap out and work station migration to a complete IT hardware refresh. 04:00 is the O.K. Or O.S. Point. Okay means support signs off and we go home or Oh Shit means we have to rollback and have the site back up by 08:00. If all goes well you'll be in bed by 03:00, if things go bad you'll see the sun rise.

[YogsVR4]

Back in the dark ages, I used to work security from 8pm - 5am then come back at 11am - 6pm to work the day shift (mowing, trimming, dockwork). Crazy stuff, but it paid my way through college and I never had to do that shit again.