second shift
Afternoon-to-midnight work
Second shift refers to the evening work schedule at businesses that operate around the clock, typically running from late afternoon until midnight.
The term also describes the unpaid domestic labor—cooking, cleaning, childcare—that working people (especially women) perform after returning from their paid jobs: After eight hours at the office, she starts her second shift at home.
- eveningLate day period
- nightDark hours daily
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
swing · graveyard · clock · punch · punch in · exhaustion · juggle · work-life balance · childcare · housework · working · mom · labor · tired · dead tired · double · double duty · hospital
- work shiftsdogwatch, night watch, night duty
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- women's laborworking women, women workers, female workforce, women in STEM, women in leadership
- household managementhousework, chores, domestic duties, domestic chores, cleaning
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
second shiftfirst shift
Initial daily work period
day shift · morning shift · third shift · graveyard shift · night shift
second shiftleisure time
Unscheduled waking hours
free time · off-duty · relaxation · personal time · downtime
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