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
Not sure if you’ve ever worked an office job or not but don’t underestimate the exhaustion you can get from sitting at a computer all day. Nursing is extremely demanding so you’re obviously no stranger to hard work and exhaustion - but maybe give the office work a go for a bit and see how you feel.
I used to scoff at the idea that a 9-5 office job could be tiring when I had a more physical job. Turns out it really can be, just in a different way.
Try things out and then see if the extra money is worth losing your weekend respite.