Comment on How tf do people who work 8-5 M-F get any life done?
Steve@communick.news 23 hours ago
When I tell people I work 3 days, 12 hour shifts. They say something like “That’s way too long I could never do that.”
They don’t think about the fact that I get a 4 day long weekend… EVERY WEEK!
I could never go back to a 5 day schedule.
myrmidex@belgae.social 21 hours ago
I did that for 10 years and it was great indeed, but it was a cushy job though. I reckon I couldn’t do manual labour or serious thinking for 12 hours a day. Just to say, it’s probably not optimal for any profession.
Steve@communick.news 20 hours ago
I’m an X-Ray tech at a University hospital with Level 1 trauma. It’s a lot of physical work. A few miles a day of walking, pushing x-ray plates under patients, moving patients to and from the table. It’s also cognitive work, problem solving. Deciding what order to do exams in. Coming up with a way to get the image when the patient can’t move properly. Do we need extra images due to a fracture, or fewer images because the patient says only this part hurts, not the whole arm that was ordered?
I can say to everyone, any job you can do for 8 hours, you can do 50% longer. It’s surprising.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 18 hours ago
Sadly, it’s been shown that in general, cognitive performance takes a nosedive after hour 8 of mentally straining work. Of course not everyone is the same, but the long hours especially in the medical field (where everyone involved should know better) should be reduced and allow for a level of rest appropriate to the potential cost of mistakes.