graveyard shift


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Synonyms for graveyard shift

the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a

workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a

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Students were less likely to work the "graveyard shift" between 2 am and 8 am if randomly assigned to receive the grant: 7.3 percent of the treatment group did so, compared to 12.0 percent of the control group (p=0.076).
Of this very large group of ODOC employees, a relatively small number of them, for various reasons, choose to work graveyard shift. An additional small group of our fellow workers, including temporary status employees, trial service employees and corrections lieutenants, have little to no input on what shift they are assigned and, as such, many work graveyard shifts out of necessity rather than choice.
The pre-dawn departure will mean the graveyard shift for Zamka and his crew during the entire 13-day flight.
This semester, Bunker Hill Community College in Boston is offering two classes on the graveyard shift in a move to accommodate an unprecedented boost in enrollment attributed to the struggling economy as people look to augment their job skills without having to pay the tuition costs of more expensive schools.
This semester, Bunker Hill Community College is offering two classes on the graveyard shift in a move to accommodate an unprecedented boost in enrollment attributed to the struggling economy as people look to augment their job skills without having to pay the tuition costs of more expensive schools.
Foley has been a real rags to riches success story for Today FM - starting life doing the graveyard shift from 10pm until midnight before moving on to his popular lunchtime slot.
Our life is a permanent graveyard shift," explains the hunchbacked protagonist of Tony Leondis's disappointing animated feature.
Our life is a permanent graveyard shift," explains the hunchbacked protagonist of this rather disappointing animated feature.
If this "graveyard shift theory" is correct, millions of people worldwide could be affected.
As punishment he is assigned to the graveyard shift at a local supermarket that has been robbed a couple of times.
This is all basic biology, I know, so it amazes me that, while every workplace has more than its fair share of first aiders, it's rare that anyone suggests a conference agenda that overcomes the 'graveyard shift' that immediately follows lunch.
Worst Job: In college, I worked the graveyard shift in the cash collections department of Gulf Oil, encoding checks from 11 p.m.
On the graveyard shift, Nick seeks a way to communicate with his lover Tara without her lover knowing as he enjoys the sex but does not want a beating from her lesbian lover.