New shift for HDs?

Next year, new Hall Directors here are going to be asked to work a 12-8 pm shift (instead of the typical 9-5) and I think it's most brilliant idea EVER. And not just because I'm not a morning person - let's be honest, those hours in the office in the morning can be good to get some paperwork and other administrative tasks done but how many students do you really see before noon? If students are out, they are eating breakfast or are going to class. They don't want to hang out and socialize; they don't want to have a long conversation with their Hall Director about their college experience.

Now, my days usually start around 9-ish. (Our office is already pretty flexible with that and there are days I don't make it to the office until a little later.) I work on random things, have some 1:1's with RAs or go to meetings. Things tend to pick up around lunch, which is why I rarely make it to the apartment for lunch - usually it's more a throw-something-in-the-microwave-and-it-eat-in-the-office lunch. More meetings, 1:1's and some student interactions in the afternoon. depending on how starving I am and how long my night will be, there may be a dinner that resembles lunch or I may decide to wait until after I get done. And then, so around 6 pm, it feels like my day really starts. Student organization meetings, staff meetings, student interactions in the building, my office or at programs; roommate mediations rarely happen before 6 pm because for students it' just more convenient to do it after they get done with classes. I try to avoid having Community Standards meetings after hours but sometimes it's just not avoidable.

Mondays, right now, I usually get done around 8:30 pm - though now that Monday Movie Nights are starting up again, I may go to some of those, which would then extend my work day until 10 pm on Mondays. Tuesday, I never get done before 10 pm before at 6 pm I go to RHA meetings (every other week) and from 8:30-10 pm I have Area Council meetings. Wednesdays, it's staff meetings from 7-9 pm and then our Global Council meetings from 9 until we get done (usually around 10 pm). Thursdays, it could be 8 pm if there isn't a program (since I have office hours a little later on Thursday and then usually an Invisible Children meeting from 7-8 pm). And Fridays is really the only day I leave the office at 5 pm.

And when I get home late at night, it's not like I can just crash and go to bed. I just spent hours with students - high-energy - I need some time to calm down, relax, have some quality me-time before I'm ready for bed. And that means I rarely get to sleep before at least 1 if not 2 am. And then getting up at 8 am is simply torture. So yeah, later shifts - that would be HEAVEN and I really think more schools need to start doing this.