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Do you prefer dayshift or nightshift and why?
Like the title says, do you prefer dayshift or nightshift and why? I’ve never worked a dayshift before, and am curious as to what it would be like! What do you think are the pros and cons of each? Do you prefer to work both or be strictly one or the other? Please share your thoughts!
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Some clubs kinda want you to be strictly day or night, especially if they purposely stick the “less desirable” dancers during the day Some other clubs you can work either shift no problem. The chances of a club having a better dayshift is higher when it’s like that IMO because they don’t need to coerce anybody into any shift if the daytime is consistent enough.
I have way different opinions depending. In my home club in Colorado, I love dayshift with the low $ for tip out. And seeing the same customers over again can be a positive as long as you vibe with them. And if I am feeling extra ambitious, well I’m already at the club and can stay later if I want. I started doing dayshift at that club mostly because my sleep schedule was easier to deal with when I had another vanilla job, but now I just simply like that shift more.
In Texas..daytime eeeeehhh not so much, because their definition of a “good” dance is different than mine.
If you like old white customers, dayshift is more likely to have them. I’m personally more neutral about them compared to other groups, but figured I’d mention that.
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Only night shift and only weekends(Fridays and Saturdays). I want a high volume of customers coming to the door and money in their pockets or bank account as they got paid from their job. Can't tolerate slow (weekday) nights with guys just there drinking and wanting to talk without spending any on dances - complete waste of time being there.
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I've done both but prefer night shift. Just better money at my club.
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I prefer day shift. Weekend nights give me anxiety & I feel like are so many groups & female customers. LOTS of dancers. The music, way too loud. So I stick to day shift or weekday nights. There are slow periods but I make Onlyfans content & tiktoks while it's slow so I can stay productive.
I'm also a morning person and don't like waking up at noon or later. Waking up when the sun was about to set made me depressed longterm.
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I'd say if it's more important to you to fit dancing into a normal lifestyle, for whatever reason, then it could be worth it to work days. I tried to work days for a minute because i liked the idea of a more relaxed vibe and not staying up until 3 am. I think when you work days, you kind of just get used to the hustle and potentially making less money in a more relaxed environment.
But i honestly couldn't stay on days because the money couldn't compare for me. I'm sure there are dancers who can build up regulars and make great money on dayshifts, but i think that's less common. The money-making potential of night is undeniably higher in most clubs for most women. I don't like being in strip clubs whether it's day or night, so i would rather work a high-paced, exhausting shift, if it means i can make a lot more money and work fewer hours/shifts.
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I usually preferred night shift but on weekdays only. I did not like weekend nights, for the same reasons as another poster stated above. If I did work a weekend, I went for the dayshift. I actually preferred days for Sundays; they tended to be really good.
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This makes me really want to try dayshift out as I too get anxiety from super crowded weekend nights with tons of girls working! There is so much more competition and people seem to be more catty!
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I wouldn’t necessarily knock dayshift *if* you vibe with the right customers. I met a dancer who worked daytime at a smaller (not downtown) club in Portland and was really great with regulars. She would be done with her stage set to do dances right after and would frequently miss her sets the next round because she was just too busy. I didn’t ask or try to peek at cash on hand because that’s rude, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she earned at least $500 or $600 most shifts. And this club scheduled dayshifts from 2-7pm. And the areas were camera monitored and I didn’t notice anything, erm, extravagant during dances either. I made $200-$400 most of the time on the same shifts as her but I also didn’t build up like she did. But she was beautiful and had a really good personality and may just be on another level. Been like 1.5 years and I haven’t forgotten her.
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Depended on what kind of mood I was in and if I had regs lined up.
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I love chill day shifts and being home with my money at 11pm. I do make significantly less on days. I used to work noon to 6pm or 7pm pretty much exclusively. Now I'm doing more 4pm to 11pm, which has been pretty decent. I also have a vanilla 9-5 and it's hard to go back and forth.
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I think it honestly depends on the club. Night shift was what I preferred though. If it's too dead during a day shift at a club, I'd wind up throwing a bitch fit in the dressing room for traveling 45 minutes or more to get there. One club in the valley had only 2 customers for hours during day shift. I was not pleased having to go on stage for a couple bucks and they were not spenders.
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indiegirl
I think it honestly depends on the club. Night shift was what I preferred though. If it's too dead during a day shift at a club, I'd wind up throwing a bitch fit in the dressing room for traveling 45 minutes or more to get there. One club in the valley had only 2 customers for hours during day shift. I was not pleased having to go on stage for a couple bucks and they were not spenders.
Yeah, it gave me bad anxiety to get all dolled up, mentally psyched up, drive to the club, and have it be dead with intermittent customers and freeloaders. It put me into a scarcity mentality. Night shift can be chaotic, but there are ways to ease yourself into that energy, like by showing up a little earlier if the 10pm crowd is too intimidating.
Like i said, depends on the girl and club. I think there's value in trying the shift, but unless you're in a tourist area, day shifts tend to be even more regular-driven than night shifts. And it takes time to build up regulars.
I think women who do best on day shift are those who are just naturally relaxed, go with the flow without getting discouraged and pissy during slow times, and spend less time getting ready / psyched up - basically treating it more like a normal job. I could never have that level of chill about dancing, lol, but i have a lot of respect for the approach.
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Nights only did days when I had too.
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Really early weekend mornings can be great for people who spent the whole night partying and haven't gone home yet. They're usually drunk enough at that point they aren't counting how many times they've been to the ATM lol
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Dayshift doesn't go well with my personality. I am very impatient and walking into an empty club puts me into this anxious spiral that's very hard to pull myself out of. Even during night shift, I'll walk in there no earlier than 10pm because I like to have my pick and see the customers adequately liquored up by the time I'm ready to hit the floor. I don't like to sit there and talk either -- my hustle is very fast. Dayshift does not give you that luxury; as others said you will have to talk and cultivate regulars.
From my experience, dayshift is incredibly slow and the few customers you get would be cheap old dudes who came for lunch/drink specials. The vibe felt off to me and it was a hustle I could never get the hang of.
My advice is to feel it out and try for yourself because it's different for everyone. Your experience might be the total opposite. Try it on a day where you have a good amount of energy and relatively low expectations.
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Ugh, anything that say "specials" or promo or a gimmick, just brings cheap-Os in. From happy hour, lunch, 2-4-1, gameshow-esque promo, buffet, etc you name it, just brings cheap-Os to the yard.
Even myself avoid going to work on a weekend night if there's a big sporting event that occurs on that night.
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These replies have all been so interesting, love hearing different perspectives!!
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guineapigmama
This makes me really want to try dayshift out as I too get anxiety from super crowded weekend nights with tons of girls working! There is so much more competition and people seem to be more catty!
Yeah, I think it’s one of those club specific things. Honestly, younger customers I feel like get trashed in general but one thing I like about them, is in general they are either ready to go or not and make faster decisions. Less of the “you have to *~earn~* this dollar mentality as much. And with the crowd they are coming to the stage to seek you out more often.
I think nights are better for social anxiety just because there is less conversation needed as long as the club politics isn’t too bad at your club with manager favorites or whatnot.I’ve been in 20something clubs before and I can say most dancers by themselves at most places are nice enough, especially if you are just focused on the job. If there is a ton of cattiness, it’s the staff members setting the tone there.
If it sounds like I’m changing my tone from earlier in this thread, it’s because I completely am. I forgot you posted something about being a Texan dancer specifically. Dayshifts are alright if you’re not planning to stick around too long but ugh customers will absolutely feel entitled to all sorts of stuff like slobbering on tits and sticking their fingers under your g-string at the rate of $20/song. And are pissed when you’re not allowing that. And if they aren’t doing that, they are pushing hard for outside the club meetups.
Maybe there is a way to finesse around it and do well, but I never figured it out nor did I care to. Not when night shifts in Texas are plenty consistent already.
Having regulars back when I was living in Texas was impossible at the time. Nighttime can have entitled customers too but dayshift is another whole level. Screw dayshift.
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With dayshift, I feel like customers can have the advantage over a dancer with the low sheer number of customers inside the club and make one feel desperate to make income.
I rather deal with slapping creepy hands and going through a crowded drunk environment with has a sense of "fake busy" all night long to make a large number of money than dealing with the teeth-pulling dayshift.
Can't have it both ways. Got to take the bad with one good. Which something that a lot of women that I know don't seem to grasp on.
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305gurl
With dayshift, I feel like customers can have the advantage over a dancer with the low sheer number of customers inside the club and make one feel desperate to make income.
I rather deal with slapping creepy hands and going through a crowded drunk environment with has a sense of "fake busy" all night long to make a large number of money than dealing with the teeth-pulling dayshift.
Can't have it both ways. Got to take the bad with one good. Which something that a lot of women that I know don't seem to grasp on.
This is such a good point. Dayshift customers can visually SEE the desperation due to the lack of volume. It's usually a much slower hustle, way more emotional labor, and customers are less likely to pay to keep you to themselves, when they know you have nowhere else to be. "Fake busy" is a legit strategy, lol!
I'd bet there are clubs with decent dayshifts, especially in tourist areas during certain seasons, conventions, etc.
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Depends on the club for me.
My home club's night shift is pretty much mandatory if you want to make anything. Days there ARE brutally slow with 2-3 customers at a time and a looooooooooong hustle. Even the night shift there is sometimes a long hustle since the club is very room-heavy and the floor dances are the most expensive in town.
My other club, I work a day/swing type shift and usually call in a regular to guarantee a couple hundred in case the rest is meh. They do have a pretty good customer volume though and even if they don't, it's still full of the old white men who want to go to VIP.
The only thing I won't do anymore is come in at club opening. It's not worth it for the free house, even if sometimes you catch an extra $100-200, most of the time you won't and then you're in a lazy or cranky mood when actual customers come in.
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Selina M
Depends on the club for me.
My home club's night shift is pretty much mandatory if you want to make anything. Days there ARE brutally slow with 2-3 customers at a time and a looooooooooong hustle. Even the night shift there is sometimes a long hustle since the club is very room-heavy and the floor dances are the most expensive in town.
My other club, I work a day/swing type shift and usually call in a regular to guarantee a couple hundred in case the rest is meh. They do have a pretty good customer volume though and even if they don't, it's still full of the old white men who want to go to VIP.
The only thing I won't do anymore is come in at club opening. It's not worth it for the free house, even if sometimes you catch an extra $100-200, most of the time you won't and then you're in a lazy or cranky mood when actual customers come in.
Without getting specific, don't you work in an area that's tourist-driven - like, heavy on conventions and events? Or would you say that this still holds true even in summers for you?
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charlie61
Without getting specific, don't you work in an area that's tourist-driven - like, heavy on conventions and events? Or would you say that this still holds true even in summers for you?
Honestly, that's become kind of a bunch of bullshit to me. It's like the Charlie Kelly/Pepe Silvia meme where it's like "Sex workers trying to explain why it's slow"...
"Season" here is December - April. If it's slow in January, you hear "Oh they're broke from holiday credit card bills." In March you hear "Oh they're taking their kids on spring break". Etc. The rest of the year it's "Oh it's not season". It's always something ::)
I do notice more out-of-town customers during season but I don't necessarily rely on them to make money. When I was working regularly, I had both my true "regulars" that I would text to meet me, and then I had a lot of 'unofficial' regulars that just came in often and would almost always get dances or a room with me.
That said, I don't know if 'season' matters more to girls who are not quite so good at building rapport with club regulars? I know there are plenty who are very wham-bam-thank-you-man; they probably need the fresh customers more.
I personally never saw much dip in my hourly between summer & winter... The most I ever made was on a rainy Monday in July - the 3 "worst" times to go in :P
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charlie61
This is such a good point. Dayshift customers can visually SEE the desperation due to the lack of volume. It's usually a much slower hustle, way more emotional labor, and customers are less likely to pay to keep you to themselves, when they know you have nowhere else to be. "Fake busy" is a legit strategy, lol!
This is definitely something to pay attention to. If it's slow, you do not want them to think you *care* about it being slow.
When I encountered dayshift customers who played that game when it was dead, I would give them my standard 10 minutes or so max and then if they weren't ready or wanted to play games or haggle or whatever, I'd graciously excuse myself and go be 'busy'. Sometimes that was talking to a manager or DJ (which I consider building social capital for if I need a favor later, lol). Sometimes it was reading a book or doing homework at the bar. Sometimes I'd go sit in the back for a while.
I always kept a pleasant demeanor and didn't let them think I was bothered by it being slow. I can't tell you how many times that customer would appear at my next stage and ask for dances because I was the only one NOT being pushy or desperate. Sometimes they'd come bother me while I was reading or whatever; I'd still act completely unconcerned but pleasant. Sometimes I'd make a joke about "Well I'm putting my brain to work, unless you'd like to put me to work some other way? ;)" Again, often resulted in dances.