Holiday Work Schedules

karimychel · October 2010

Since Christmas and New Years Day both fall on Saturday's this year, I was wondering what other offices were doing for days off.

The 2010 calendar published in my office had Dec. 23rd and 24th off for Christmas. They usually do Christmas Eve and Christmas day, so that was their compromise. Then taking Dec.31st off as the New Years Day holiday.

They just changed it and vacation requests are coming in faster than people can hit print. Management (3 people) voted to do Dec. 24th and Dec.27th for Christmas and the 31st for New Years, making the last week of the year a 3 day work week. Brutal.

79 days until Christmas...bahumbug.

starsailorr26 · October 2010

We are observing Christmas Eve on the day it falls on which is Friday. Since Christmas Day is on Saturday, we'll observe it the following Monday so we'll actually have a four day weekend which is really nice.

For New Year's day, since it also falls on a Saturday, we're observing it on Friday. So the last week of the year, I'll work Tuesday thru Thursday. I'm thinking of taking those days off as vacation and just having an entire week off.

SusiOT · October 2010

We go by the federal holiday schedule, so both Fridays will be observed unless there's an executive order or something modifying the holiday schedule a bit (which usually comes last minute). Since I'm a contractor, my company varies wildly between following the modified exec/agency schedule or making us work from home (they once tried to make us come in, but the agency was closed, so no dice). My immediate supervisor has been cool for the past two years and insisted we run on a skeleton crew, allowing most of us to work from home while one person comes in on an assigned day. I plan on taking that week between Christmas and New Year's off, though, because it's so dead around here at that time of year.

karimychel · October 2010

Jealous of both of you! Due to getting hired later in the year, I didn't get full vacation this year so I can't take that week off. Guess I'll be here nesting and getting paid.

ring_pop · October 2010

Usually, the university is closed for two weeks, from approximately the Monday before Christmas until the Monday after New Year. (At least in the Faculty of Engineering.... Arts & Science students have a slightly longer break.) I say "approximately" because often there is some tweaking that has to be done to allow for enough weeks of classes & exams between Labour Day and Christmas.

This year, the university is closed from Wednesday Dec 22 to Friday Jan 31, but classes don't resume until Wednesday Jan 5. Hmm. I should find out what that means for staff for Jan 3 & 4.

(Edited... closed until after New Year, not Christmas)

katsblaze · October 2010

For us, we will have Friday, the 24th off and that is it. We got a floater holiday for the 2nd day since Christmas falls on the weekend. For New Years, we dont have anything off since it also falls over the weekend. We will probably get an extra floating holiday next year as well. I am excited though because I have enough time to be able to take that week after Christmas off.

snoopy3319 · October 2010

I just looked. We get from the 24th to the 31st off. Last year it fell right so that we got approx. 2 weeks off. I guess we had this coming this year. I'm sort of bummed. DH actually saved vacation time so he could take time off with me. I decided I was going to TN to see my stepdad's family. We'll see if that really pans out.

abarber340 · October 2010

We are closed the 24th through the 31st. With the weekend of the 1st added in, I'll end up with 10 days off. Not too bad.

LesPaul · October 2010

It's a little different this year - we are getting Friday December 24 and Monday, January 3 off. We get 10 holidays per year, so depending on when they fall sometimes we'll get a 4-day weekend if 4th of July or Christmas is on a Tuesday or Thursday. I've still got 21.5 days of PTO to take this year (that's not gonna happen with only 11 weeks left in the year).

kaesha · October 2010

I have two weeks, like the students do!

sushisamba · October 2010

We usually get Christmas Day and Boxing Day (Dec 26) off, and since they both fall on the weekend, they're observed on the Monday and Tuesday instead. New Year's holiday will also be taken on the following Monday (3rd Jan). Which makes for a 3-day week followed by another 3 day weekend.

I'm taking off from the 23rd Dec through 3rd Jan, so to get 12 days off, I'm just taking 5 days of vacation. Not too shabby.

Soon2BMrsSikes · October 2010

We get the 24th off for Christmas, since Christmas falls on a Saturday and the 23rd off for Christmas Eve. We get NYE off, because NYD falls on a Saturday.

rebaann · October 2010

We haven't discussed it yet. I'll have to bring that up with my boss when he gets back. I am the Dir. of Fin. & Admin and you'd think I'd know this, but I've only been there three years and this is the first weekend holiday that we've had.

We are always closed the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, so we'll be back on Jan. 3.

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