I need to work 8pm-2am - any ideas?

donnaessex

Hi everyone,

I have to look for a new job - my childcare costs have gone through the roof and I cant afford to work full time with two babies in nursery anymore.

The ideal situation would be for me to work 8pm-2am 3 or 4 nights per week while the children sleep as it also fits around my husbands hours.

I've got a list of hotels, pubs and supermarkets but just wondered if I'm missing somewhere that might also have these shift patterns?

Thanks for reading and any input is very welcome!

isplumm

donnaessex wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I have to look for a new job - my childcare costs have gone through the roof and I cant afford to work full time with two babies in nursery anymore.

The ideal situation would be for me to work 8pm-2am 3 or 4 nights per week while the children sleep as it also fits around my husbands hours.

I've got a list of hotels, pubs and supermarkets but just wondered if I'm missing somewhere that might also have these shift patterns?

Thanks for reading and any input is very welcome!

Hi,

Have you thought of somewhere like McDonalds - they have part time staff who fit their children around work.

Mark

dmg24

Some call centres have overnight staff. Is there any reason you cannot work the whole night, such as 10pm - 6am?

tiggs239

I had similar problem several years ago. My DH and I both needed to work to pay all bills etc and childcare was very expensive and one of us needed time off when DS was ill etc. After a few weeks of scouring local papers etc, I got administrative job with local adult education college, helping out in the evening from 5pm - 10pm. The hours may not have suited many people but it worked brilliantly for us as DH was home from 3.30 each day, so could take over at home.

heretolearn_2

petrol stations?

Oldernotwiser

What hours does your husband work?

carolinejane_2

how about care homes, nursing homes or even hospitals

DCFC79

What about night shift in retail,

Vader123

Wow, I tried to recruit a position like this, to work from home, 8pm - 2:30am and was told by the JC that no-one would want it.

I sub-contracted it out in the end to a web company (it was only answering the phone and emailing the details to the office).

Vader

Becles

When I was a child, my Mam used to work evenings/nights in the cash office of a supermarket, counting the cash in the tills and getting it ready for banking.

Not sure how that works now everything is computerised and not as many people pay cash, but it's worth looking into if you fancy a "behind the scenes" job rather than a supermarket shop floor job.

DCFC79

Becles wrote: »

When I was a child, my Mam used to work evenings/nights in the cash office of a supermarket, counting the cash in the tills and getting it ready for banking.

Not sure how that works now everything is computerised and not as many people pay cash, but it's worth looking into if you fancy a "behind the scenes" job rather than a supermarket shop floor job.

yes the cash is still counted up well the notes are but the coins i think are weighed and the scales know how much a bag should weigh by a button press