Can willingness to work nights boost my chances of getting hired?

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  1. plant

    plant Heavy Load Member

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    Maybe I'm just used to it at this point but I love the early AM shift. I wouldn't want to start at 5 or 6 even if I had the option. Rotating days off are probably a bigger annoyance in fuel than split shifts, with many companies running 6/2 or 5/3 work weeks. Although 6/2 is probably only common in California since we have 80 hour weekly cycles with our intrastate HOS.
     
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  3. Someguywithquestions

    Someguywithquestions Medium Load Member

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    #### 6/2 rotation. No way i'd do that. 6 12's is misery. And having to live in cali on top of that? No way in hell. I'd take a bullet before that.
     
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  4. plant

    plant Heavy Load Member

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    More work for me then :D

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  5. Someguywithquestions

    Someguywithquestions Medium Load Member

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    More power to ya. If I did 120 hours every 2 weeks I'd take home 2 grand. Maybe just a little more.

    Juice aint worth the squeeze.
     
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  6. Zonno

    Zonno Medium Load Member

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    Personally I’d prefer 3-3 over 6-6, as if I get off at 3 AM it’s still dark when I get home. Whereas if I get off at 6, the sun is rising by the time I arrive at home. It’s easier for me to get to sleep if it’s still dark (I’ve worked night shift occasionally in the past).
     
  7. Zonno

    Zonno Medium Load Member

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    To be fair, I’d rather start out on nights due to the sparse traffic. And there’s one company in WV that I’m 90% sure I could get hired on at if I relocated, but they have a high turnover rate and mostly bad reviews on Indeed (though some are good). If I thought I could survive there for a year or two to gain experience (similar to a newbie driver working at a Mega), I’d give it a try. But if I get fired or get run off after only a few short months; that’s a risk I don’t want to take.
     
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    I jinxed myself and got parked this weekend 543.png
     
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  9. Someguywithquestions

    Someguywithquestions Medium Load Member

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    Fired or you mean worked slowed down? We've slowed down massively the last couple weeks. I got 38 hours this week. Was pretty nice actually.
     
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    plant Heavy Load Member

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    There is a big rainstorm hitting us that is killing sales. Prior to that we had been relatively busy but mainly because we are understaffed. Usually it will pick back up for Thanksgiving travel and then die down again. I'm not looking forward to those 38 hour weeks but I know they are coming.
     
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