No, but I think it is because we're closed the entire week before. That's the first time we've done this. If we were following our old schedule, it probably would be.
We get Friday the 30th. Our office is closed the week of Christmas/New Year and we have to take PTO for any non-holiday days, so I think they were trying to minimize the number of PTO days we have to take. Usually, we follow the holiday on Saturday/get Friday off, holiday on Sunday/get Monday off schedule.
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Dec 13, 2016 1:58:39 GMT -5
Yes, which I actually find shocking, since my stupid company made us work until 5:30 the day before Thanksgiving and a full day on black Friday. I do not work in a service industry, nor is my job even remotely critical or vital. I'm still bitter about that.
I work in a hospital, but yes even there the 2nd is considered a holiday. Hourly staff gets paid extra to work and scheduling for us doctors is like it's a holiday/weekend in my department in the hospital. Our outpatient office is also closed.
Yes. My office is closed. It actually kind of sucks, because my kid goes back to school on the 2nd. I'd much rather get the Friday off so I can hang out with my kid before he goes back to school.
You are a ... better parent than me.
Right? I wish my kids were going back on the 2nd. Federal employee, so I'll be off.
Some of our contractors DO have that as a floating holiday though- they can use it on Jan 2, or they can use it another time during the year. But they get to pick, it's not decided by the boss when it is.
We get Friday and Monday, which is kinda surprising to me since we sell heating equipment but I will take it! We usually have Christmas Eve/Day and New Year's Eve/Day off. I figured we would have to work the 23rd and 30th but we have both off. Also small 8 person office.
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If an observed holiday falls on a Saturday, we get the preceeding Friday off. If the observed holiday falls on a Sunday, we get the next day off (the following Monday).
This is supposed to be our companies policy as well. This year though they have apparently they decided our department only would be open on a supposedly voluntary basis, and they will staff only with those who want to work. Then yesterday they just sent out another email stating that they haven't had enough volunteers so they are going to make it a requirement if not enough people volunteer. So I guess not really. I'm sure as time progresses we will end up losing all holidays since MLK day used to be a holiday as well, but now is a required attendance business day. Again though, only for our individual dept. None of the other depts, many of whom provide much more important functions then ours, will be open. #bitter
Post by sunshine608 on Dec 13, 2016 8:45:53 GMT -5
Yes, but I think we have to use a vacation day to cover it. We get a week at Christmas off and if with the way things fall, New Years observed is not within that week- then we have to use a vacation day.
I'm spoiled. We always get Thanksgiving and Black Friday off. Since Christmas Eve is a Saturday and Christmas is a Sunday, we're observing those on 12/23 and 12/26, so 4 day weekend. Then we get 1/2 off to observe 1/1/17.
If an observed holiday falls on a Saturday, we get the preceeding Friday off. If the observed holiday falls on a Sunday, we get the next day off (the following Monday).
Yes, but I think we have to use a vacation day to cover it. We get a week at Christmas off and if with the way things fall, New Years observed is not within that week- then we have to use a vacation day.
I don't understand how a company can do this, make you use vacation time on a day that they are closed? That is some straight up bullshit right there.
I work for the state. The line is "you don't have to use vacation time, you can just not get paid" . Another school in our state system that I used to work for, closes for 2 weeks at Christmas and employees have to take the extra 5 days, borrow time or not get paid. Honestly it doesn't really bother me because the alternative is worse- they can count it as a furlough day and no one gets paid at all.
SS - on the holiday calendar 1/2 is a holiday and we are closed. However... I work in accounting and year end close starts that week. While management won't come out and say that we HAVE to come in, but we weren't given an extra day to get it all done either.
Yes, but I think we have to use a vacation day to cover it. We get a week at Christmas off and if with the way things fall, New Years observed is not within that week- then we have to use a vacation day.
I don't understand how a company can do this, make you use vacation time on a day that they are closed? That is some straight up bullshit right there.
This is what my new company does. We're shut down from 12/23-1/2, but only 12/23 and 1/2 are actual paid holidays.
While I appreciate the week off, I do not appreciate having to use my own vacation time. PLUS, I'm having surgery and taking the first week of Jan off, and I do not have 9 vacation/pto days. So I'm kind of fucked.