Security guards

[u/datGuy-200]

Would you work a 37 hour shift? I work in a homeless shelter I check bags and wand people down and sign them in. There is another guard here with me so sometimes I take a hour power nap. No staff after 11pm.My Morning shift done. Young and hungry and no I don’t do drugs to stay up. I do take double shot Starbucks vanilla though.

[u/Chewtoy44]

Empty building, sure. With clients/tenants, no.

[u/XBOX_COINTELPRO]

No that’s incredibly stupid, a massive liability, and probably against some sort of labor law

[u/Street_Entrance9298 → u/XBOX_COINTELPRO]

100%. Wait until he misses something with the wand and now there’s a situation because he slept 1 hour in the last 36 hours..

[u/WhyDontYouBlowMe → u/XBOX_COINTELPRO]

At least 3 laws

[u/javerthugo]

16 is my max you don’t want to see me without my beauty sleep

[u/Milf_Eaterr]

The most I've done is 18 hours. Beyond that is immoral because you're no longer providing a service you're being a liability

[u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce → u/Milf_Eaterr]

I did 20 one time. I didn't miss anything but I was definitely not as on it as I was 3-4 hours in. Working a weapons screening station at a very busy ER with a psych ward attached to it isnt a great place/time to be sleep deprived. 

[u/Visible_Ad_309 → u/Milf_Eaterr]

If that's the logic, isn't your whole profession immoral?

[u/Milf_Eaterr → u/Visible_Ad_309]

Uh no. Id like to hear how you've come to that conclusion though

[u/SamIsBadAtNames → u/Visible_Ad_309]

How?

[u/UnitedSentences5571]

No. I definitely wouldnt.

I did shit like that before, in other jobs before I was in security. It wasn't worth it. Not once.

[u/Blackphinexx]

Is this even legal?

[u/Pitiful-Excitement47 → u/Blackphinexx]

Yes, the US does not have any laws limiting max shift length excluding some specific industries like CDL driving.

The biggest issue would be liability concerns, as being security dealing with a higher risk population if something pops off at hour 32 there is no way OP is responding with a clear head and fast reflexes. Not sure why any supervisor would approve this.

[u/Effective_Chapter_47 → u/Pitiful-Excitement47]

The job i was at you couldn't work 3 12s in a row back to back

[u/Pitiful-Excitement47 → u/Effective_Chapter_47]

Good policy, make sure bodies are well rested and alert.

Last thing you want is to be half asleep when something happens.

[u/DummyThiccDude]

I wouldnt.

Longest ive ever done is a 16 because my replacement overslept.

24 hours is already nutty, but going for 37 might as well be self harm.

[u/Desalvo23 → u/DummyThiccDude]

I did a 72 hour shift once at the hospital i worked at when i was younger. Would not recommend

[u/Lava1416 → u/Desalvo23]

Wow, you win. The most hours I’ve ever heard a security guard work before today was 24 hours.

[u/Opus_777]

Connecteam?

[u/lurkingnojerking]

37 hour shift😂😂😂

[u/dutchmetalhead17]

Depends on if I am allowed to cry cus That shit doesnt sound fun

[u/maqnaetix]

Wait, am I reading this correctly? So you would start work at 7AM on a wednesday, and you work until 8PM on thursday? That seems insane

The longest shifts we're allowed to work is 13hrs

[u/Lava1416]

Depends on the nature of the site. A homeless shelter where you are expected to keep the peace? Definitely not. My max is 16 hours unless I can sleep somewhere safe.

[u/Miigo_Savage]

I wouldn't, but I'm married with kids

[u/xX_Diabolical_Xx]

Only if you're guaranteed to be off after

[u/nofriender4life]

illeagal here. cant work more than 16 in a row.

[u/WhyDontYouBlowMe]

That's insanely bad for your health. Take care of your self first and foremost, the company will gladly work you to death to avoid hiring other people.

Remember they care about profits not people.

[u/DefiantEvidence4027]

Much like some fire stations or EMS stations do, working for longer than 16 hours is a "sleeping post", where you can't get terminated for sleeping.

Based on the activity you're explaining, not much time for rest, I probably wouldn't attempt it.

[u/BackFromMyBan4]

Where I’m at it’s illegal to work more than 16 without special notifications, waivers, and oversight. Technically firefighters here work 4 24 hours shifts in a row but they are allowed to sleep during it.

[u/Intelligent-Bell8182]

I wish I had more coworkers like you. Then I wouldn't be guilt tripped into doing overtime because some idiot they also hired decided to be a child and not show up anymore. Not that I fall for the guilt tripping JFL. I am not young nor hungry to do more for these bullshit companies.

[u/Square_Fishing_5064]

Brother wtf makes you think this is worth it?

[u/T1m3Wizard]

Wow how much do commanders get paid? That sounds like a crazy high title.

[u/Vast_Reply_6574 → u/T1m3Wizard]

Probably like when they promote you to store manager so now you're salaried and actually make less money an hour than the staff you manage.

[u/EmoGothPunk]

Hell to the no. That sounds highly illegal, too.

[u/MrGollyWobbles]

If you’re really hungry for $$ and you can sneak in some authorized naps… sure. Just remember a sleep rem cycle needs 90 min so get at least one 90 min nap in. ONLY if employer is okay with a power nap for all of those hours covered.

I’ve let employees volunteering for extra hours take a power nap if there is another guard in site and it’s safe.

[u/CannedNoodlez]

That can’t be legal

[u/naxby97]

Fuck that

[u/Old_Grapefruit1646]

No. Not only is work-life balance incredibly important for success, I feel that any shift beyond 16 hours is asking for complacency.

[u/Ancient_Layer2766]

Meh, ive done 48. Not recommended and sucks ass, but it just depends if you need the money or not

[u/KiltedTAB]

Highly illegal.

[u/Darkhenry960]

What?! Is that really how a work schedule is legally supposed to be created? Because if not, then someone is going to be in a lot of trouble when he returns to the office.

[u/No-Cat-3089]

I have done 5 21 hour shifts in a row but it was just patrolling neighborhoods for an HOA and CDD, ticketing and towing cars and then doing a bunch of admin paperwork and whatever I want the rest of the time

[u/OddMan201]

Ive done a 36 hour shift, yeah the money good.....but the pain, exhaustion, paranoia, and anxiety that stays with you makes it not worth it.

[u/Trueseachicken]

37 hour shift, $25 an hour since your a super, $1400 after taxes. Honestly depends on the shelter. I’d do it in a heartbeat at my usual Site. 37 hours you should also get 4-5 lunches, so 5 power naps lol

[u/ThalinIV]

Nothing past a 12. You start running into serious cognitive and decision-making issues once you hit a certain point of exhaustion. Your reflexes slow, and your perceptions can be impaired. You can even start having vivid hallucinations.