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Planning to work at night. Suggestions needed - Praja

Posted: May 17, 2012

I am new here. I am on my way to apply for my first job...I graduated with Career Step with honors. I am planning to work part-time may 5 hours at night from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am, 7 days a week, which will make me work for 35 hours a week. Does any one knows of companies giving such flexibilty. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. I am open to both Employee or IC status.

Thanks.

nights - INMT

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Kudo's to you for graduating and being ready to enter the work force. There are a few things to consider in what you what/hope for.

If you work for a company as a full time employee I believe most state laws do not allow you to work 7 days a week. 35 hours to most companies, I believe is under their 40 Full time requirement so you might be considered part time and that requirement is usually 20 hours in 5 days. My experience is you work your 20, IF there is enough work for full time and more left over you are okayed to work more than 20, but management has to OK this usually.

As far as going IC, that will probably be something to discuss with that company or individual.

As far as working 7 days a week, SO DOWN. Burn out will occur YESTERDAY. Read these boards, all of them. We all get burned out, ask for help from one another to continue to be motivated long enough to just get the minimum lines/hours a day in.

I am happy to see you charged up and ready to work but please dont overdo at first, it will bite you back fast.

If this will be a second job or after the kids are asleep believe me 7 days a week is more than you will be able to handle. Wishes and dreams can come true and for me this profession has been wonderful. It has its ups and downs but I work IC privately and have also worked for the big boys and all in all it is great. You have to find your place in the whole picture and once you do, dig your feet in and understand that each place has bad and good to offer and it is usually how you take it all in as to how good you feel each day when you take off the headphones.

Good luck in all you do. Hope the very best for you.

INMT has some good info; however, I work some hours - 7 days a week because I find it

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easier than 8 hours a day. I also work an off shift, so it leaves me a good part of the "day" for myself. The trick for me is keeping to my sleep schedule.

Nuance pays benefits, including health insurance, at 35 hours, although those employees are considered part time and I don't know what, if anything, that designation might disqualify those employees from. Overtime pay starts after 40 hours are put in, as for everyone else.

Since most companies have trouble keeping swing and graveyard well staffed, I suspect a skilled MT would be able to find a position that fits your requirements fairly quickly. Hope you do also. Good luck.

You'd be better off looking for an IC position because you have - SM

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more flexibility with your schedule. Plus I have seen several companies offer ICs a window of 12 hours to get their work done. I work for a company now like that and I love it. I work second shift but I have anywhere from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. to get in my agreed upon lines. It's really nice for times when my daughter has a softball game that I'd like to be at, I can just flex a couple of hours in there which is nice because I love 2nd shift, but as an employee I missed my daughter's games and other activities. So I took a day position and suffered so badly because my circadian rhythm is such that I feel at my best in the late afternoon and early evening hours. When I came upon this job, I was so happy because it seemed to me the best of both worlds so to speak.

Good luck in your hunt!

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