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Originally Posted by chi-o_cat
Not to mention, there are many other employees who have to work on Thanksgiving. I don’t mean essential functions like police, firefighters, emergency rooms, etc, but places like hotels, restaurants, airports. Nobody gets in a tizzy because Golden Corral is open all day.
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Ha! I think you just named my entire family! LOL My mother was a nurse on the graveyard shift for the Sheriff's department, my dad was a supervisor at the airport, my sister was a chef at a high-end restaurant and I am in the fire service. We always have to coordinate out family get-togethers and it's not unusual to celebrate a holiday or occasion the day before or the day after....or even a few days after.
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Originally Posted by ComradesTrue
Co-worker had seniority over me, and also had 3 kids. No matter what day of the week Christmas fell on, she would request off Dec 22-29. Every. Damn. Year.
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Oh man, you're speaking my language right now. I received promotion to Fire Captain earlier this year. There are only 4 FCs and I am, of course, the least senior. The other FCs got to bid for all of the holidays off and I am the one that gets stuck for every holiday this year.
I have to work Thanksgiving and the day after (Friday). I can't see my family the day before Thanksgiving (Wednesday) because I am being redirected to cover for another Captain who rquested the day off. So, I have to work three days in a row (Wed-Thurs-Fri) which is 72 hours straight over Thanksgiving.
Now I also learn that another Captain has requested the Tuesday before Thanksgiving off. The department can't force me to work as the policy says that they can only force me for 72 hours max. So, the second lowest senior Captain will have to be forced in - making HIM work his regular Sun-Mon shift plus Tues, for 72 hours straight. I sure hope HE didn't have any Tuesday travel plans for Thanksgiving!
Maybe Christmas will be better? I am regularly scheduled work on Thursdays and Fridays. Let's look at the schedule. Darn - Christmas falls on Thursday this year; so, I have to work Christmas and the day after. No worries, I can see my family on Christmas Eve, right? Nope! That same Captain from before has also requested Christmas Eve off and I am the one who is being redirected to cover Wednesday, 12/24. Soooo.....I get to work another 72-hours straight over the top of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
New Years? That's also my regular day (Thursday); BUT, I got it off! I don't know why they didn't schedule me; but, my guess is that the Chief was trying to throw me a bone after making me work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Awkward! LOL
My heart goes out to all of you who have to work strange hours or forced hours on the days you would rather be with your families. I chose this life and career and I accept the consequences of that decision. Though, for some, the choice to work in retail wasn't as easy and finding another job isn't as cut and dry as it sounds.
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