 What's up everyone take down here welcome back to another video today I'm gonna be sharing my pros and cons for working nights if you guys didn't know I am working as a security guard at a casino that is 24 seven and I am working the night shift and Honestly after working it for a couple months now I am really enjoying working nights and it is my preference, but I do know that there's a lot of people that for night shift It's just not for them going into work all the time. I am always thinking of the pros and cons So today I decided to share my experiences and share some of those pros and cons. Let's get right into it So I'm gonna start off with the cons first Up first is that there is no HR at night, which it does suck if you're trying to get a hold of them It is frustrating whenever they're not available to you where I work. They work Monday to Thursday Which sucks for me because I'm mostly working weekends So they're not available on the days that I'm in anyways But on top of that I work at 10 30 at night until 7 in the morning They work at 9 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon So not only are they not there on the weekends whenever I'm working They're not there whenever I'm there for my shift anyways so this does suck if you need to get a hold of them for whatever reason because Where I work since they're not there whenever I'm there I either have to email them which takes about 24 to 48 hours for them to respond or Call them on the next day whenever I'm supposed to be sleeping after a shift Which sucks for me because I have to get up and try to get a hold of them and try to call them And that's the only way I can get in touch with HR The other big issue with HR not being available whenever we need them at nights is for me being a part-time security guard It's easy to make shift changes with other part-timers Which we can just use the online roster and go and make our changes whatever we need We don't need to get approval But if you need to make a switch with a full-timer paperwork needs to be done the supervisor for security has to approve it and then it has to go to HR So if they're not available at night to make those changes on the computer That means it is a little bit harder for the full-timers to make shift changes It does suck, but it is something that we do have to deal with next one is if you have one day off in between shifts It really only means half a day This does suck because you get home at 7 in the morning on your off day And then most of the time you sleep all freaking day like past night I slept from 8 o'clock at night until almost 3 in the afternoon So that's pretty much me wasting off my whole day But that first day off whenever you have two days off Your first day is always wasted if you have one day in between shifts It's usually only feels like half a day and usually nothing gets done And the last con at least that I can think of is that the cafeteria is not open at night The cafeteria closes at 11 o'clock So if you come in for a 10 30 shift for the night shift You either have to bring your own lunch or you go to the cafeteria pick it whatever you want They make it fresh for you But then you have to put it in the fridge and then warm it up later And it just doesn't taste as good as whenever you get it fresh If you go and warm it up, it's just not the greatest So for me, this doesn't really affect me because I always bring my lunch anyways It would be nice to have that option once in a while to have the cafeteria open But for me, I think their cafeteria for the employees should be open 24 7 Considering it is a 24 7 operation. There's a lot of employees that work at night A lot of people that work night shift and they would benefit from it But for me, like I said, it doesn't really affect me So now I'm going to share some of the pros first one is the price of gas is Cheaper for me. It doesn't matter if I'm going to work at night or if I'm coming home in the morning The price of gas is way cheaper than it is during the day Which helps for me because first of all, I'm driving a truck and I'm driving that almost hour every single day So it does cost a lot for me for gas So if the price of gas is cheaper working nights, then I'd benefit in the long run Next pro is that there is no heat. It is usually cooler at night Which for me I benefit because I tend to not like the heat so much I tend to overheat very easily So the fact that whenever I'm going to work and coming home in the morning, it's nice and cool out The whole ride home is relaxed full I'm not sweating in my truck because sometimes the AC doesn't work my truck It helps me working at night so I don't have to deal with the heat So it is a benefit there plus whenever I'm in uniform I can't wear shorts at work. I have to be in uniform. I'm wearing long pants So it's usually cooler at night whenever I'm at the casino Usually during the day whenever it's in my training for day shift It does get pretty hot Especially if you're at the main entrance and the sun is shining the sun and the heat is just coming through those doors And it is unbearable at times. So it is nice working night shift for that The next one is that there is no traffic at night. There is rarely any traffic going into work So it's usually the hour drive working a night shift usually only takes me about 45 minutes, which I really enjoy Less traffic, which is always great Coming home in the morning if it's during the week It can be a little bit heavier, but it's mostly traffic going into the city whenever I'm leaving the city So it's less traffic on my end, which I usually enjoy So it can be a huge benefit for that if you do not like traffic There's usually less traffic at night the next one is More time to run errands and enjoy your day before you have to go into your shift and also after your shift for me I do things a little bit differently whenever it comes to my sleep whenever I work night shift some of my co-workers Whenever they're done their shift, they'll sleep all the way through Some of them will wait and sleep all the way through they'll stay up after their shift And then they'll sleep until they start the next shift for me What I do is I get home usually around eight o'clock in the morning and I'll sleep until about noon Then from noon till about five. I am fully awake. I can do anything So that's usually the time that I run my errands and if it's nice out like in the summer I will relax by the pool I will do anything I have to do and I'll just have a relaxed full day and the sun's out So it's usually really enjoyable then at five o'clock. I go back to bed I sleep until about eight thirty then I get up and get ready for work and go For me it is a huge benefit for me splitting up my sleep. So I'm first of all, I'm awake during prime time I'm awake during noon to five So everything that I need to do is open if I have to go to the bank I have to get my groceries go get my mail Everything is available to me at those times and it always works out better for me at that time If I have to go and do anything and run all my errands I can usually get them done after my shift like whenever I'm awake at noon And then I get everything done before I have to go in later that night So it's usually a time saver for me and the last pro that I can think of is the crazier stuff Happens at night now. This might just be because I'm working at a casino But for me it is always crazier first of all the Co-workers for night shift are a lot more fun to begin with they're all closer to my age They're not the old guys from the morning shifts or anything So I can relate to them a lot more, but the crazier stuff happens at night whether it is a medical So that means something happened and we have to get an ambulance or get the EMRs to help and assist a patreon a Intox which means somebody is drunk We have to get them off the property and make sure they have a ride home safe And we have to deal with that depending on how aggressive they are and Anything like that a couple nights ago We had the police there for a reason which I cannot specify, but they were there for about three hours So crazy stuff do happen at night It does make anything possible at night No two nights are exactly the same because literally anything can happen which makes your shift Really fun, and it's more like a surprise every night you go in because you don't know what's gonna happen that night Now not all the time crazy stuff happens some nights are pretty chill last night for me was Really relaxing really chill. Nothing really happened. Sometimes there is self-exclusion Trust passes, which means They've either gotten banned for whatever reason at the casino or they purposely banned themselves because they're wasting too much money And then if they ever come back the cameras recognize them we get a hit at the computer and then we have to go and try to find them and kick them out again and Usually dealing with anything like that for us It is a hassle because afterwards we have to rate or write a report which if it's an Intox a medical or a self-exclusion Trust pass or anything like that. We have to rate a report Which always sucks because they take a little bit of time to write But it's always fun dealing with it at the time and it makes the shift goes by a lot faster If there's a lot of things on the go and you have a lot to do But working night shift like I said for me is a lot more fun because you know exactly what to do first of all Schedule to begin with don't matter what shift you are working You know exactly where you're supposed to be usually every half an hour and we have the schedule So you all you have to do is look at the time and be like, okay I'm supposed to be at main entrance or I'm supposed to be at the podium or on patrol We're doing anything else because there's a lot of other stuff that happens at night So it's a lot more to do at night. I find it can become crazier Usually until about two in the morning. It is busy at about two o'clock It does start to die down with the Patriots, but until seven in the morning. It doesn't really pick back up It's usually dead around then, but there's a lot to do for us There's a lot of things that we as security guards that have to do so it does become very interesting and it is more Go go go and you know exactly what needs to be done what you're supposed to be doing And then there's a lot of incidents that happen along the way So for me that is why I really enjoy night shifts Just it's a great atmosphere a lot more goes on It's a lot more enjoyable for me and I actually enjoy working nights like I said the beginning of this video I know night shift is not for everybody But if you find somewhere that is a lot of fun and to me I honestly love my job now for me It is a lot of fun. That's why I enjoy it so much But I just wanted to share my pros and cons for working night shift after working it for a couple months I really love it like I said, I know it's not for everybody But in my opinion it is for me because I am enjoying every second of it So I hope you guys did enjoy this video. Thanks for watching. Please take care. Peace