I work 2 12 hour shift back to back every other weekend. I have a coworker who works shifts opposite me who does the same on the opposite weekend. This allows us both to have some weekends off.
Spending 24/48 hours working can be hard especially since that is hours spent working not counting commute and not accounting for if you have to say half an hour late to finish documentation because documentation on 12 hours takes forever.
That being said, I'm only scheduled to work 36 hours most weeks (its usually a little more than that I actually end up working). And the schedule is set up to not ever work more than 32/120 hours. This means my schedule is literally different every week, but it's on a two week rotation so usually it's the same every other week. I worked this weekend (8am-8pm), and I work tomorrow night (4pm-12am) but then I am off until Thrusday night. All in all, 12 hour shifts aren't that bad so long as you aren't just generally overworked.
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Spending 24/48 hours working can be hard especially since that is hours spent working not counting commute and not accounting for if you have to say half an hour late to finish documentation because documentation on 12 hours takes forever.
That being said, I'm only scheduled to work 36 hours most weeks (its usually a little more than that I actually end up working). And the schedule is set up to not ever work more than 32/120 hours. This means my schedule is literally different every week, but it's on a two week rotation so usually it's the same every other week. I worked this weekend (8am-8pm), and I work tomorrow night (4pm-12am) but then I am off until Thrusday night. All in all, 12 hour shifts aren't that bad so long as you aren't just generally overworked.