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Night shift without burnout: how people last on US hours

An offshore hire who quits at month four costs more than the whole first year saved. Almost every time, the shift was the reason.

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Working nights is ordinary in the Philippines. An entire industry has been staffed around American business hours for two decades, so nobody here is shocked by the question and most of our candidates have done it before. But ordinary is not the same as safe. Night work is done well or it is done badly, and the difference is almost entirely decisions somebody made before the person started.

This is the guide we would rather you read before the hire than after the resignation. Some of it is our job. A surprising amount of it is yours.

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