Work in an office in a professional role? Are you off the Day After Thanksgiving?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by jasper12

Nope. We have to use annual leave. Another perk people who work for private employers have....I work fed.

I work in the public sector, too, just not federal, and we have off. Supposedly it's "in lieu" of a different holiday, I forget which.

There's been some talk about a movement to take the day after Thanksgiving away from us, though--all part of the currently-popular war on public employees. Politicians discovered they can score points with disgruntled private-sector workers by taking things away from public employees.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Off the top of my head I count 10 paid holidays/year plus 2 floating holidays. As a parent with kids in school, I'd rather know in advance that I have the same holidays off that they do. Otherwise, I'd have to compete with coworkers who wanted the same days off.

I used to love it that I had Veteran's Day off but my kid's school didn't close. It was a nice to have a weekday off to run some errands while she was in school, but then I could pick her up myself after school.

[mitsguy2001]

Originally Posted by Kibbiekat

Off the top of my head I count 10 paid holidays/year plus 2 floating holidays. As a parent with kids in school, I'd rather know in advance that I have the same holidays off that they do. Otherwise, I'd have to compete with coworkers who wanted the same days off.

Another good point!

[mitsguy2001]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I work in the public sector, too, just not federal, and we have off. Supposedly it's "in lieu" of a different holiday, I forget which.

There's been some talk about a movement to take the day after Thanksgiving away from us, though--all part of the currently-popular war on public employees. Politicians discovered they can score points with disgruntled private-sector workers by taking things away from public employees.

That is reasonable if you get Thanksgiving Friday off in lieu of another holiday. What bugs me is when people in the public sector want more benefits without giving anything up.