What's Your Commute?

[Mummelmann]

LurkerJ said:

Mummelmann said:
The job offer is a no-brainer to me; go for it!

My commute depends on the traffic, it's usually around 40 minutes or so by car to work, takes me more than twice that time by bus and subway and on foot. During vacation weeks in the summer and driving home from work usually only takes 20-25 minutes and is a breeze (I get off work either around 23:00 in the evening or 9:30 in the morning, which means I don't get stuck in traffic that much).

What's your job? I am just wondering what kind work that requires you to work night shifts on a regular basis. 

I work in youth psychiatry, teenage boys with neuropsychiatric disorders (high-functioning autism, ADHD, Tourettes, OCD, among others) and various behavioral problems and issues. Our shifts are usually either 14:30-23:00 or 09:00-09:30 the day after, we have sleeping hours between 01-06 though. We usually work every other weekend as well, I really enjoy working this way, I sometimes work 70-80 hours in only a few days and then I have gaps of 6-7 days with no shifts, and if I trade shifts with others, I can easily create 2 week windows or more quite often and go on little trips or just take time off and focus on other stuff!

I'm also starting school in early September, a 50% course on Social Pedagogue studies, in addition to the work, and I'm going to have my own intern from August 26th until January 1st. Needless to say; I literally have my work cut out for me!

I actually hold the record at my workplace for most hours in a single month, in September 2015, I worked 355 hours (sleeping hours included, of course). Those days are behind me though, work regulations and laws here are a lot more strict once you have a full time position so my hours are quite limited (only allowed 240 extra hours per year).