Behind the bar, front desk, or coat check? Share your stories of night work!

Night Workers – Share Your Experience With Us!

We are conducting research at the Hotel and Restaurant Museum about night work experiences in the hospitality industry. Night work is generally defined as work performed between 11 PM and 6 AM. We welcome responses from anyone who works or has worked in hospitality during nighttime hours. You can respond freely in your own words. You don’t need to answer every question – just choose the topics you want to discuss. You can share your story using your real name, a pseudonym, or anonymously. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. Read more about the survey: https://hotellijaravintolamuseo.fi/en/night-workers-share-your-experience-with-us/

Background information

Contact information will only be used for asking potential follow-up questions or survey-related communication, and will not be linked to responses or submitted materials.

Night Work Daily Life

For example, you can tell us what kind of tasks you do, how long your shifts are, or what happens during your work shifts
For example, how does it impact your daily routine, relationships, well-being, or free time?
For example, you can tell us about your workplace atmosphere at night, your work community, customer interactions during nighttime, or even differences between night and day work

The Night Worker and the Night

For example, what does night work demand professionally, physically, or personally? What kind of person makes a good night worker?
For example, how do you see and experience nightlife? Has it changed during your career? How do you see life at night – what’s the environment and world like during nighttime hours?

Free comments

For example, you can share memorable experiences or events from night work or add a perspective that didn’t come up in this survey

Additional Materials

If you wish, add audio or images to your response
Drop files here or
Max. file size: 1 GB.
    For copyright reasons, donated photographs must be taken by yourself
    Drop files here or
    Max. file size: 1 GB.

      Storing and using the responses and photographs sent

      I give my permission for the answers and possible image files I send to be stored in the collections of the Hotel and Restaurant Museum and used as described below.(Required)
      Responses and downloaded files are stored in the Hotel and Restaurant Museum’s collections, where they are available to the museum itself and its customers for exhibitions, research, publications and communication. The material can be published online through the museum’s channels and on the museum’s Finna service (hrm.finna.fi). The museum handles and uses the material in accordance with the Museums Act and applicable data protection legislation and follows the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums. The user of the material is responsible for ensuring that the material is not used for purposes that are offensive or harmful to the donor or their relatives.
      The answers and photographs can be stored(Required)

      Feedback and Privacy

      If you have questions about personal data processing and material usage or feedback about this survey, you can contact Hotel and Restaurant Museum curator Anni Aaltonen at anni.aaltonen@hotellijaravintolamuseo.fi, 044 747 4108. For the museum’s privacy practices (in Finnish): https://hotellijaravintolamuseo.fi/info/tietosuoja/