late shift
After-dark assignment
The late shift is a work period that runs through the evening or night hours, typically starting in the afternoon and ending around midnight: She's been working the late shift at the hospital.
The term implies hours outside the standard daytime schedule, often with different pay rates or workplace atmosphere.
Also called the second shift or swing shift.
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- burning the midnight oilWorking very late
- night owlOne who stays late
factory · clock · punch out · time card · exhaustion · coffee · break room · fluorescent · quiet · empty · janitor · security guard · punch the clock · hospital · nurse · warehouse · loading dock · deadline
- shifts
- work shiftsdogwatch, night watch, night duty
- workweekMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- night workersnight owls, night watchman, night auditor, night crew, security guards
- defensive mistakesexposed flank, overcommitment, poor footwork, off-balance, slow reaction
- Late-Night Studyingall-nighter, cramming, studying, finals, exams
late shiftearly shift
Workday's first scheduled period
day shift · morning shift · first shift · nine-to-five · opening shift
late shiftnine-to-five
Regular office schedule
regular hours · business hours · banker's hours · office hours
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