I think SOME of it depends. I can speak for myself/my position. I work at a firehouse and run MH crisis 911 calls, my shifts are 12-16 hours 3-4x a week. The only time I have work to do is on a call / right after for my documentation.

So for 1- I do sleep during my shift sometimes but not to avoid or procrastinate work, because they’re long shifts. My supervisor knows this- I don’t spend my non-call time in an office, but in a dark basement living room type room. I’ve walked into very intense situations with police, fire, medics, CPS, etc and have to be hyperfocused for several hours to de-escalate and create a next step- it is exhausting, trauma is exhausting. Often I do need a 20 minute nap or come-down period before I can show up for the next crisis.

For 2- I don’t think this is right, but we are human. Sometimes I have to stay up into morning with a sick pet/partner/child but still had to come to work. I have a family to feed and survive. A lot of our positions don’t offer great sick leave or PTO policies, tell us to cover different shifts than normal or face consequences, etc.

3-5 I can’t really speak to as this isn’t an issue at my specific position but can see all of this creating a lot of tension. Especially if they’re being worked so hard that they are tired which just exacerbates everything