I’m a German nurse interviewing for 9 to 5 office jobs.
If I get one of these jobs, I wanted not to completely leave nursing: my system pays better than other local hospitals and I don’t want my experience to go to waste. I wanted to work 2 to 4 weekend days per month, only second shift (shift starts at 12:30 and ends at 21:30), 'cause this is considered the easy shift and I want the extra money, but if I don’t like it, I can always change units or just work my office job.
I’m curious to hear answers from both sides of the Atlantic
Thanks for posting this in English, I tried parsing the German post but I bounced hard off VZ-stelle, which I now realize means vollzeit.
And no, I would not work more than full time. It’s called full time for a reason.
Personally, I wouldn’t even consider it, as I value my time and health far more than getting some extra money. 40 hours is already quite a lot IMO.
I’m with you, but for many young people these days it’s almost not an option. But I’m also in Canada so…
No way in hell.
It depends…
- Am I always tired and exhausted from my full time job? If so the weekend shift had to be like walk in a park - happy people, good colleagues, good pay, no bullshit. If it’s another exhausting job, then hell no. Maybe for a short period of time to get extra cash if that’s really needed.
- Is my full time job really easy on nerves and I’m coming home relaxed and in good mood all the time? Why not keep in touch with medical field to stay relevant there?
Edit: also depends on other factors, like family, children, etc. Having a child, you’d have to be really desperate to get another job instead of taking care of the kid.
It really depends on how much you can tolerate. I don’t know if full time is 40 hours in Germany like it is in the US.
If you have an option to try it for some time and fall back to plan B, why not do that? Then you can tell if the money is worth the extra work time.
