Topic: What's the longest shift you've ever worked? (Read 801 times)
I used to work 16 hours because we had some problems with a gas leak but there were no colleagues to replace me. I couldn't leave before we finish the job so I worked for 16 straight hours. When there is need you dont feel like its 16 hours. Now some of my shifts that last for 8 hours seam longer because of boredom.
I regularly work 12 hour shifts but the longest shift I have ever worked was 24 hours straight.
It was a very busy time of the year for the company I was working for at the time.
It was a very busy time of the year for the company I was working for at the time.
i had to work a full day 9am - 2am , it was very tiring and i wont do it again if its working for someone else , if its my business i would do 24hr shifts
48 hours...
Before I married, I worked in a large pharmaceutical distribution company and every year we always check the warehouse inventory, at that time there were some items that did not match our quantity with our system, so we looked for track records and where the goods were for 2 days.
Before I married, I worked in a large pharmaceutical distribution company and every year we always check the warehouse inventory, at that time there were some items that did not match our quantity with our system, so we looked for track records and where the goods were for 2 days.
This is really crazy as working for 2 days is really tiring and long. Unless it’s the passion and the hobby on which you work for so long is understandable as then you do not consider it as a job and drive and force with you is much better when you are doing job at somebody else company. But certainly, this drain the energy and after certain hours the energy just keep on dripping and after certain time you are not that productive.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
actually not a shift but only a emergency at work that we need to work 16 hours a day for at least 2 weeks and 5 days.that is the longest working day for me and also tiring and stressful.
that is why after that emergency and everything comes good?i took a long vacation of 1 week and go somewhere out of the city to relax and rest.
Noooo? That's insane! But honestly telling you guys here in the Philippines if you work as a Building Security Guard, other's have worked 48 hours straight or even 72 hours. A single shift for Security Guards here are commonly at 12 hours and due to low man power, if one of the security guard goes off-work, then the others will cover for the vacant shift. The good thing is that they get paid on their extra work. But really, working a straight 3 shifts is not healthy. I am not a security guard by the way. The longest I have tried working straight is for 16 hours as a call center agent.
that is what happening on that one.
Mine wasn't that long - just 12 hours in a bank call center, but the fact was I worked from the very beginning to the very end.
The longest shift I worked was almost 38 hours. I started very early one day, had to work all through the night to finish an important project, on the morning we had to take a 1hr flight on which I could sleep for maybe 20 minutes to the client and present the project in the afternoon. I was so dead the next two days. Its horrible if the sleeping Rhythmus is so messed with.
48 hours...
Before I married, I worked in a large pharmaceutical distribution company and every year we always check the warehouse inventory, at that time there were some items that did not match our quantity with our system, so we looked for track records and where the goods were for 2 days.
Before I married, I worked in a large pharmaceutical distribution company and every year we always check the warehouse inventory, at that time there were some items that did not match our quantity with our system, so we looked for track records and where the goods were for 2 days.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
actually not a shift but only a emergency at work that we need to work 16 hours a day for at least 2 weeks and 5 days.that is the longest working day for me and also tiring and stressful.
that is why after that emergency and everything comes good?i took a long vacation of 1 week and go somewhere out of the city to relax and rest.
Noooo? That's insane! But honestly telling you guys here in the Philippines if you work as a Building Security Guard, other's have worked 48 hours straight or even 72 hours. A single shift for Security Guards here are commonly at 12 hours and due to low man power, if one of the security guard goes off-work, then the others will cover for the vacant shift. The good thing is that they get paid on their extra work. But really, working a straight 3 shifts is not healthy. I am not a security guard by the way. The longest I have tried working straight is for 16 hours as a call center agent.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
I've only worked a 12 hours shift from 7 to 7.. At times, the stress depends on how hard the job is not the duration of work or amount of time used at work.
Because the 9 hours job I did Was harder and stressful than the 12 hours job.
I have worked continously 3 days and around about 72 hours. I have worked day and night without any break to complete my task and for satisfying my client. For me customer satisfaction is more improtant, that's why i did hardwork on that task.
This wasn't work, but I covered an internship shift at my college for 27 hours straight. It was a nightmare, to say the very least.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
I have worked almost 19 hours before when I was working in a company at the time overtime me until the morning when myself to sleep in the office until 7 am I woke up on my holidays a shower and go to home valuable experience that I got at that time I was working up to 1 year in this company. I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
Last year, I worked straight 17.5hours from 7AM to 12:30Mid. The sad part is I have to go home in the middle of the night without having the assurance of my safety and my house is far away from my office then on the next day I have to go to work early again. That time, I think I only sleep for 1 hour.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
Last year, I worked straight 17.5hours from 7AM to 12:30Mid. The sad part is I have to go home in the middle of the night without having the assurance of my safety and my house is far away from my office then on the next day I have to go to work early again. That time, I think I only sleep for 1 hour. I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
Well, currently I am working from home with my first shift starting at 1am-9am with overlap at 7am-11am, then another shift from 2pm-6pm which makes it a 14 hour shift.
Probably 13 hours shifts for couple of years,
I work 18hrs a day until now. It's hard but I have to do it for my family, life is tough.
For me, maybe around 12-14 hours, I didn't too remember it. It's really tired you know, my days is only work and sleep, I don't have time to play MOBA
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
Probably a 12 hour shift for 2 years! Urgh! Everytime I think of it, I almost vomit! Haha! Well, these are trying moments where I would need everything i can save because anytime my first born is about to pop out. 
I worked for 24 hours, 2 hours of sleep
Once I worked like that, and after that I fell asleep right at my workplace!
I did usual 12-hour shifts 2/2 for about a year or something around it.
I wouldn't say its exhausting if you at least somewhat enjoy your work.
However its kinda funny how people were making unions and were fighting for more hours and days off work to be with relatives and just live.
Now people trade their free time for temporary goods.
I wouldn't say its exhausting if you at least somewhat enjoy your work.
However its kinda funny how people were making unions and were fighting for more hours and days off work to be with relatives and just live.
Now people trade their free time for temporary goods.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
all my shifts are 15 hour shifts
so im kinda use to it, use to work 16-18 hour shifts sometimes when i worked in a restaurant that was pretty much torture.
I worked for 24 hours, 2 hours of sleep
I worked from 7am to 1am..... Lot of work pressure for 3 days. Oh don't want those days back..
are you serious with this long time of working?18 Hours of working a day?this is not a human work seems like robotics mate and how can you stay awake for that margin of time?
i cannot imagine your Eyebags and how you looks like when you are still working that days?
Never worked for more than 8 hours in a day. What's the point?
Seriously. I have never worked for more than 9 hours.
Hmmm that was like the worst day and I won't try such again, so am a Nurse and I needed to take a day off cos of family issue and decided to work double shift which is approximately 24hrs. Won't forget that day
Some shiftless people don't work very long shifts. 
10 12-hour days then 4 days off for one year as a land surveyor for the Appalachian Trail mountains in the 100 Mile Wilderness. Often had to canoe on remote lakes with our supplies to get to our ad hoc website.
Sunday lunch time through until 8pm on Tuesday. I was a senior programmer working on a real time mainframe project for stock brokers, and we were getting close to going live. I had to cat nap behind the printer a few times, and I didn't get paid overtime, as I was on a monthly salary. I was called in on Sunday because the mainframe operator had put the wrong paper tape loop on the printer. That shows you how long ago it was.
That's insane since you were on salary, do you feel you got more opportunities down the line for the sacrifice you did for that company? Or did they just expect that from you?
I worked from 7am to 1am..... Lot of work pressure for 3 days. Oh don't want those days back..
You're right these days are a lot of trouble They really don't want to get back but I've worked on the shift from morning to night Yours is very good At first I was very sick for 5 days working but now I don't want to do these good things anymore.
Sunday lunch time through until 8pm on Tuesday. I was a senior programmer working on a real time mainframe project for stock brokers, and we were getting close to going live. I had to cat nap behind the printer a few times, and I didn't get paid overtime, as I was on a monthly salary. I was called in on Sunday because the mainframe operator had put the wrong paper tape loop on the printer. That shows you how long ago it was.
When i was 22 i worked a shift from 7 am to 2 am and this was the longest shift i have ever worked
I worked from 7am to 1am..... Lot of work pressure for 3 days. Oh don't want those days back..
I had worked once from 8AM to 10PM. It was long and tough day. And it was really difficult to get up and go to work next day.
And for one month I had 10 shifts. From 7AM to 7PM. It was really difficult, because it was hard physical work. After work I had almost no free time and only wanted to rest after coming back home. I left this job soon because money that I got wasn't worth all efforts.
at least you tried your best to stay for a while mate,and what you've did is the best action for that since the Payments is not worth of the work.And for one month I had 10 shifts. From 7AM to 7PM. It was really difficult, because it was hard physical work. After work I had almost no free time and only wanted to rest after coming back home. I left this job soon because money that I got wasn't worth all efforts.
i will do the same if i am in your situation.
I work 10 hours a day, I have enough of this time to get tired completely
well 10 hours is actually more than enough for a day ,because regular hours is 8 and this must be Over Time. 
I had worked once from 8AM to 10PM. It was long and tough day. And it was really difficult to get up and go to work next day.
And for one month I had 10 shifts. From 7AM to 7PM. It was really difficult, because it was hard physical work. After work I had almost no free time and only wanted to rest after coming back home. I left this job soon because money that I got wasn't worth all efforts.
And for one month I had 10 shifts. From 7AM to 7PM. It was really difficult, because it was hard physical work. After work I had almost no free time and only wanted to rest after coming back home. I left this job soon because money that I got wasn't worth all efforts.
I work 10 hours a day, I have enough of this time to get tired completely
I did a 12 hour shift a few times in a liquor store many years ago.
well I remember once I stayed at work for 2 entire days and slept there for 4 hours only to wake up and continue on the project which we finished only 5 hours before the deadline and avoided a penalty for the company
I did something like that as well, there was no deadline but servers went down and remained there to assist the sys/net admin for recovering things when needed.
Well after that 2dayish "shift" i think we had an extra non working day immediately after the event that week. It was simply a recovery from downtime situation.
I once had done overtime and that was close to 9hours continuously and I guess this is the only longest shift I've ever worked on.
I worked a 16 hour shift 6 am - 10 pm. But it was not difficult for me, on the contrary, I liked this work! We worked in the reserve almost in the wild! We had a great company of people, we laughed a lot, had fun and worked well. We made trails, river crossings and more. I worked like this for almost 3 months. And I still remember those days with a smile!
My 16h shift, this is my longest working day.
The reason is that I helped him to do that, his son was sick so he had to take him to the doctor.
You see, working is a slavery. What is more important - some job that is basically meaningless, or a sick childrens health?The reason is that I helped him to do that, his son was sick so he had to take him to the doctor.
I am thinking a lot about it. We have apps to share cars (basically stupid idea), but we have no app to do some random odd job and get paid instantly. And have bid system. And reputation system. Everyone will be a winner, except modern shave owners a.k.a employers.
My 16h shift, this is my longest working day.
The reason is that I helped him to do that, his son was sick so he had to take him to the doctor.
The reason is that I helped him to do that, his son was sick so he had to take him to the doctor.
i never worked in my entire life not even one hour
Lol and are you proud of this?
I mean, ok... You don't have to work overtime (it is not something that you have to be proud of) but you have to do something to make a living. If you are lazy then you do not have to work not even one hour of course...
Nobody in my country have become rich by working. All current millionaires become millionaires by privatizing state owned property at the downfall of USSR. Later some organized crime bosses become millionaires in the turmoils of 90-ties. Working people get just enough money to get by from one payday to next one. All people I know have risen above the basic worker by engaging in different criminal activities.
i never worked in my entire life not even one hour
Lol and are you proud of this?
I mean, ok... You don't have to work overtime (it is not something that you have to be proud of) but you have to do something to make a living. If you are lazy then you do not have to work not even one hour of course...
24 hour shift is pretty common here. Nurses work 24 hour shifts. Security guards work 24 hour shifts and then have 2 days free, and then 24h shift again. Some sawmill workers work 24 hour shifts too.
Work is slavery.
Work is slavery.
I worked for 10 hours daily on construction site as an site engineer
so maintaining the daily shift?never had a overtime mate?anyway maybe the consistency of your company is indeed.i never worked in my entire life not even one hour
proud of this? you should be. 
My longest shift was at a ad/warehouse managment company. 18 hour shift to get the election ads sorted and delivered to the mailpersons. It was quite taxing shift, but the overtime pay was really really nice
that is what the fruit of having longer working time.
My longest shift was at a ad/warehouse managment company. 18 hour shift to get the election ads sorted and delivered to the mailpersons. It was quite taxing shift, but the overtime pay was really really nice
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4 years.
Hey OG, what shift was that? 4 years shift?! Was it in a Russian gulag?
Felt like it at times.
Did you also wear chains? And "bracelets" (to avoid saying "cuffs")
i never worked in my entire life not even one hour
That's ok if you are <18 and admirable if you are >30. In the last case, did you ask your parents how tired they are?
i never worked in my entire life not even one hour
I also worked shifts from 8-10-10am to 14 hours within the morning a bit like you I didn't do much for a few times thanks to family problems It seemed very annoying to me I used to be so tired and didn't want to travel again the subsequent day. That's why I work part-time now thereupon bed.
4 years.
Hey OG, what shift was that? 4 years shift?! Was it in a Russian gulag?
Felt like it at times.
I worked for 10 hours daily on construction site as an site engineer
Yes I worked on the longest shift 8.AM 8.PM It's very annoying to me Feeling too tired not to want to go to work later They have to act as they wish and pass the time in a catch. I worked in a 12-hour shift It's usually a company you can't take a vacation with if you want to.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
It is 24 hours straight shift.My buddy in work has emergency he needs not to go work that day since we have 12 hours shift rotation that time,i had no choice but to accept His reason and stay working the whole day.
But of course having a 1-2 sleep in grave yard timel
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Yes. I was suggested to "change the lose-lose situation with a win-win situation", the solution being to "shake hands and go separate ways".
I chose the lose-lose situation though and here I am - demoted.
I chose the lose-lose situation though and here I am - demoted.
Hehe, it would be nice! I was also thinking that they could build me a statue. But all I got was a demotion. Fair enough, right?
That sucks. Office politics, I guess?
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4 years.
Hey OG, what shift was that? 4 years shift?! Was it in a Russian gulag?
I hope they give you stock in the company based on these hours!
Hehe, it would be nice! I was also thinking that they could build me a statue. But all I got was a demotion. Fair enough, right?
I worked for for 19 hours straight due to a client company I was placed at being part of an open tender for a government project. That day was the submission day.
Everyone was just printing out, sorting and packing stuffs. It was agonizing af, only caught some forty winks.
Everyone was just printing out, sorting and packing stuffs. It was agonizing af, only caught some forty winks.
My longest shift was 21h, as far as I remember (8h was the normal shift, 1h of lunch break and 12h of overtime - including overnight).
However, several years I had periods of 3-4 consecutive months when I was working from Monday to Friday between 9AM-10PM and each weekend 8h/day.
So far, in ~13.5 years at the same company I achieved 5261h of overtime which, in normal time (~170 working hours per month) mean 30.94 months extra -- almost 2 years and 7 months of overtime.
I can't believe it sometimes...
- Edit: oh, and I forgot to mention - these were only the paid hours, those officialy counted. Besides them I have spent other hundreds of hours of overtime from dedication.
However, several years I had periods of 3-4 consecutive months when I was working from Monday to Friday between 9AM-10PM and each weekend 8h/day.
So far, in ~13.5 years at the same company I achieved 5261h of overtime which, in normal time (~170 working hours per month) mean 30.94 months extra -- almost 2 years and 7 months of overtime.
I can't believe it sometimes...
- Edit: oh, and I forgot to mention - these were only the paid hours, those officialy counted. Besides them I have spent other hundreds of hours of overtime from dedication
.I hope they give you stock in the company based on these hours!
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
i worked a 15 hour from 8 Am to 11 PM
4 years.
The biggest shift I have ever worked was 11 hours.
I always tried to finish my tasks on time or try to allocate the spending time to different days. This is the reason why the longest shift is 11 hours. If I would have done different allocation (not that good) I would be one as you did 12 and 14 hours swifts.
I always tried to finish my tasks on time or try to allocate the spending time to different days. This is the reason why the longest shift is 11 hours. If I would have done different allocation (not that good) I would be one as you did 12 and 14 hours swifts.
Oh wow, that's really a long tiring day lol. Hopefully you had an awesome sleep that night for me, I worked maximum of 12 hours from 6 am to 6 pm as a manager managing some works of clients. I was dreading every minute of it lol. And got only two breaks.
for me, I worked maximum of 12 hours from 6 am to 6 pm as a manager managing some works of clients. I was dreading every minute of it lol. And got only two breaks. legendary
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My longest shift was 21h, as far as I remember (8h was the normal shift, 1h of lunch break and 12h of overtime - including overnight).
However, several years I had periods of 3-4 consecutive months when I was working from Monday to Friday between 9AM-10PM and each weekend 8h/day.
So far, in ~13.5 years at the same company I achieved 5261h of overtime which, in normal time (~170 working hours per month) mean 30.94 months extra -- almost 2 years and 7 months of overtime.
I can't believe it sometimes...
- Edit: oh, and I forgot to mention - these were only the paid hours, those officialy counted. Besides them I have spent other hundreds of hours of overtime from dedication.
However, several years I had periods of 3-4 consecutive months when I was working from Monday to Friday between 9AM-10PM and each weekend 8h/day.
So far, in ~13.5 years at the same company I achieved 5261h of overtime which, in normal time (~170 working hours per month) mean 30.94 months extra -- almost 2 years and 7 months of overtime.
I can't believe it sometimes...
- Edit: oh, and I forgot to mention - these were only the paid hours, those officialy counted. Besides them I have spent other hundreds of hours of overtime from dedication
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I played the game 3 days 2 nights and was exhausted afterwards. Energy drinks and breads help me maintain
When I was still working in an electronics company the longest shift I have worked for is 16 hours, this is everytime we change from night to morning shift.
I remember our manager is too strict that if you dont comply you will receive a disciplinary action.
I remember our manager is too strict that if you dont comply you will receive a disciplinary action.
well I remember once I stayed at work for 2 entire days and slept there for 4 hours only to wake up and continue on the project which we finished only 5 hours before the deadline and avoided a penalty for the company
When I was younger and got into a laborer job. I used to work 8am - 12MN.
Yes, that's midnight and OT was included but the wage was under minimum and I didn't stayed there for a long time since by body gave up. I worked there just for a week.
Yes, that's midnight and OT was included but the wage was under minimum and I didn't stayed there for a long time since by body gave up. I worked there just for a week.
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
actually not a shift but only a emergency at work that we need to work 16 hours a day for at least 2 weeks and 5 days.that is the longest working day for me and also tiring and stressful.
that is why after that emergency and everything comes good?i took a long vacation of 1 week and go somewhere out of the city to relax and rest.
Never worked for more than 8 hours in a day. What's the point?
If not count free work what i do with my business relationship on my own company.
12 hour maybe the longest shift.
12 hour maybe the longest shift.
I worked a 16 hour shift 8am-00 am , i not feel so good next day
I worked a 14 hour shift 8am-10pm
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