Not me but to each his own (sm)

Posted By: Anon on 2006-01-01
In Reply to: working today - texan

or her own as the case may be. Time with my family is too important for me to give it up to work. I work diligently through the week and on weekends as I agreed but no holidays for me. That' s where I drawn the line.

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Pressured to work Holiday - Anon
- Holidays - Huh?
- I got lucky this year. Scheduled off is Sunday. :) - omt
- Geesh! What's up with you people who refuse to work holidays? - Hard working
  - Huh? (SM) - Anon
    - scheduled days, I work 'em.....nm - If the holiday falls on any of my.....
      - ADDENDUM.....sm - If the holiday falls on any of my.....
  - I disagree...just because you are in a certain profession doesnt mean you cant have time off..sm - No holidays either
  - Working holidays? Out shopping in stores where someone IS working - MQ'r
  - Exactly - me
  - Gotta agree with you there. My mom was a lab tech -- lots of Christmases and sm - LTMT
    - True - although when an employer hires - hard working
      - Again, we agree. Very selfish to think they should have every holiday off, as if they are sm - LTMT
- I am with you..When I was hired I was very up front about wanting vacation time...sm - No holidays either
- I work every holiday -- don't really mind, but would be nice to have extra pay. sm - Dreaming MT
  - Regular pay on a holiday? (sm) - Anon
  - At least you know you're not alone..... - me too
- Well, we have to "volunteer" for 3 holidays a year - volunteer (?)
- Pressure to work holiday - MT
  - Was on doing maintenance (SM) - Anon
    - yep, IC..and looking forward to retiring! - holy cow
      - Whoops, how did i get here? LOL. - holy cow
    - at least you get 1.5 pay...unlike us! - holy cow
      - Independent contractor here (sm) - Anon
        Work some holidays - don't really mind during the winter months, but - IC here too
        working today - texan
        Not me but to each his own (sm) - Anon
- I love my new company. I'm off today and tomorrow - big nationals = indentured servitude for peanuts
  - I agree about big nationals - MT

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