If you ask a group of shiftworkers to describe their ideal shift schedule, you may hear statements like these: "Monday through Friday with 8-hour day shifts." "Monday through Thursday with 10-hour day ...
My wife’s sister and her husband have for years both worked third shift (a.k.a. “the graveyard shift”), and they seem to be in good company. About 20% of the full-time workforce in the United States ...
Up to 25 percent of workers in America work night shifts, and more work rotating shifts, say government reports. Nowadays, workers indentured to the graveyard shift could just as well be bankers or ...
The night shift isn’t for everyone, but it often means a boost in pay and a foot in the door. Yet a smaller share of Americans are working the graveyard shift than in decades past. Today on the show, ...