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I own hotels and Thanksgiving is one of our biggest nights (if not the biggest). Large families get together under a roof for a big meal and to spend time with eachother. Many are traveling from far. But their house, often, cannot house that many people for the entire night... so they sleep in hotels. As a result, we get full, and keep extra staff on hand to accommodate our guests.
This hasn't been an issue in the past, but this year, several employees threw a fit about having to work on such an important day for the industry. Are you seeing this at your workplace? Why would someone work in an industry that operates on a holiday if they have such an issue with working on that holiday?
Last edited by Mr.Hospitality; 11-27-2014 at 10:28 PM..
Those employees should be happy they have a job. They should use this holiday experience to go back to school and better themselves and get jobs where they don't have to work on Thanksgiving.
I worked today. I did it so the all my employees could have the day off without worry of being on-call. I do this on all the major holidays so staff can celebrate. Fortunately, my employees did what they need to do to get things resolved ahead of time and it was quiet.
I worked today. I did it so the all my employees could have the day off without worry of being on-call. I do this on all the major holidays so staff can celebrate. Fortunately, my employees did what they need to do to get things resolved ahead of time and it was quiet.
I'm working... right now in fact. But there's no way I can replace all the other employees.
Those employees should be happy they have a job. They should use this holiday experience to go back to school and better themselves and get jobs where they don't have to work on Thanksgiving.
They are generally happy from the feedback I receive. And many of them have a solid education. This isn't a Holiday Inn.
I used to volunteer to work holidays because I had no kids. Worked lots of them. I didn't mind because I made a lot of money. Would I volunteer to work those hours for minimum wage? NO! They might be able to force me to work but I would never volunteer.
I was sitting at a what some consider the best restaurant in my town having a late lunch at a table that happened to be about 5 feet from the hostess counter on Wednesday. At that counter half the waitresses and the hostess were standing there complaining about having to work Thanksgiving. I always though it was common knowledge that most of the hospitality industry works all the holidays and it is often their busiest days of the year.
I worked at least part time in casinos for 4 years, most of us used to volunteer to work the major holidays, you got double time and the tips were usually much higher than normal. Now people complain that the companies have the audacity to be open, despite everybody knowing they are open 24 hours a day 365 days a year. I also drove a cab on weekends for a while when I was finishing school and starting my business, on the holidays you wanted to be working as the money was crazy, talking $750 in a 10 hour shift on Halloween, nearly that on new years eve, and Thanksgiving I made over $500 as I drove the only wheel chair capable van out on Thanksgiving. I talked to a friend of mine still driving a cab and he said that last night there were a total of 3 cabs out, customers were waiting almost 2 hours for a ride, because this year all of a sudden nobody thought they should have to work on Thanksgiving.
This hasn't been an issue in the past, but this year, several employees threw a fit about having to work on such an important day for the industry. Are you seeing this at your workplace? Why would someone work in an industry that operates on a holiday if they have such an issue with working on that holiday?
Maybe they threw a fit because of the cry-for-me-I'm-working-on-a-holiday sentiment that's all over the news lately.
I have an expectation---I work in health care and I work in a hospital. I know I will be working MOST holidays. We split holidays up but you still end up working about half of them every year. I'm on night shift so it's at least half. I was on Thanksgiving, I'll be working Christmas (and all of the days around) but I'll end up with New Year's Eve off, though I'll start working on the night of New Year's Day. I'm more sympathetic for those stuck in the hospital around the holidays near death.
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