Life revolves around work Shift pattern messes up sleep pattern Pay & hiring freeze because company didn't increase profits as much as they'd like. Misleads about internal progression opportunities Very poor utilisation of current staff with some shifts very short staffed with others well overstaffed on assignments of secondary importance to understaffed shifts. Management adding needless beurocracy and processes to justify their position and salary. No development of transferable skills excluding 'soft skills' that could be acquired in any other office job.