I’ve worked 2nd (afternoon), swing (evening), and 3rd (overnight) shifts for the majority of my life. I recently moved into a training position where I’m Monday through Friday, 8am to ~5:30pm (I get OT while I’m cleaning up and writing reports).
As much as the 2nd/swing/3rd shifts screw with your life in other ways, the difficulty in scheduling any kind of life services outside of working hours is maddening. Doctor’s appointment? Nope. DMV? Maybe Saturday, if you’re lucky. Chaperone your kids field trip? Hahahhah no.
I don’t want to burn sick time for a doctor’s appointment (I need to save those for when my kid is actually sick), and I sure as hell don’t want to use up a “vacation” day for it. How tf are you supposed to get anything done?
That seems deeply problematic to me.
The way you misunderstand it does.
Not-living 8 hours a day 5 days a week untill you retire sounds deeply problematic to me.
That is not what anyone means with “life” in the context of work–life balance.
You seem to be writing only one-sentence responses, so I assume that’s how far you read my comment too. You should consider what’s being said by taking in the full context. If you can’t make it beyond the first sentence, then don’t even respond. This grandstanding of yours is completely uncalled for.