Do you prefer shift work?

When I was on active duty and we was in the field I used to pull the 11pm til 7am morning shift. I liked it because I get to sleep during the day while others work. The only downside was I was pulling shift with an annoying LT. I was miserable and could wait to get back on base.

Being a master at arms I don't think I could do 8-5 without burning out... Unless the navy told me to then I would not have a choice.

During a deployment, well yes but back home, I'll take the 9-5 anytime.

Only for a few short periods during my Career was I a Day-Lady, Day-Snake, Day-Puke. I have been a Shift Worker almost my Entire Life even as a Senior Network Operations Specialist for Sprint it was on the Night Shift and now as a Flex Officer for Allied Barton I mostly work shift work. I don't really know anything different.

I spent three years on a rotating shift, 4 swings, 1 day off, 4 mids, 2.5 days off.  A 12 day cycle, I miss it.  I dislike the drone of a 9-5.  I feel I am more productive with less distractions on shift hours.  

I worked 2 days (6-2), 2 swings (2-10), and 2 two mids (10-2). For 8 or so years.

12 hour nights were my usual for about 12 years. Now I work the best schedule I've ever had... 24 hours on, 24 off, 24 on, then 5 days off. Pretty sweet gig. Deployed, it's all over the place... As a flight nurse it depends on alert status, number of flight crews and how many patients need to be moved. It changes daily...

At home, I prefer the 8-5 schedule. Deployed, the night schedule was by far more desirable in the blazing hell-hole that is Southwest Asia.

In the days of old, I LOVED the Panama Schedule, night shift. As I get older, my body does not tolerate the night shift as well, but I still love the Panama Schedule. (for those that are not aware of the Panama Schedule, it is 12 hour shift, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off 2 on, 3 off, every other weekend is a 3 day weekend at work, or 3 day weekend off). NOW, I work M-F 0700-1630 (if we get off anywhere close to on time). Deployments: I worked 7 days a week, 15-18 hours per day, sunday was 1/2 day....) With nothing else to do, it wasn't bad either.

When deployed for OIF-III, I was on staff as the S-2 NCOIC for our BN, the first 5 months in Samarra I was assigned to the Samarra JCC and served as the NCOIC and worked basically 12 hour shift from 08-2000 and then when we shut the JCC down and returned to the FOB I worked the same shift in the TOC overseeing the BN's interpreters and the detainee operations. Best way to handle things at the staff level when your personnel are minimal, IMO. Outside of that when in garrison, unless we were at gunnery or conducting an FTX, the ol' 8-5 M-F worked for me!