My job is 12 hour shifts, and I flip between day shift and night shift frequently. There's also weekend and holiday work. The nice side of that is 7 days off in a row every 4 weeks, plus I'm paid quite well. I'm actually at the airport, about to go to Spain with my wife for a little more than a week. But I know that there are many like me working these long hours without the pay or time off I am able to enjoy. So I like to come here to make sure people know about things like the prevalence of wage theft. I didn't know any better for a long time, and now I do. I also like to say that if my schedule doesn't sound unbearable, I'm working in-house at a commercial power plant, and although it requires a background test and drug test, it doesn't require more than a HS diploma, and it pays 6 figures. So definitely brush up on high school level physics and see what you can find if it's interesting to you.

After a shift, I'm also feeling like a zombie. I find that doing a little housework frequently makes for much less of it encroaching on my "weekend" time. The stuff I do on time off is more passive if I can help it. Laundry and running the dishwasher take passive time. In the meantime, I'll play video games or watch a movie or whatever.