Have you much time off work over Christmas?

lcstress2012

I have 25th 26th 27th and 28th off then in New Years so can’t complain! What about you ?

Dr Strange

All the time in the world and none.

raxy

Finished Friday. Back in the 2nd.

helimachoptor

Finished the 20th and back the 6th.
Have 3 kids under 5, be easier to be at work

Tom Mann Centuria

Working a long day Christmas day and I have St Stephen's day off and the 27th off.

LaFuton

i work in porn so its the busiest time of year, flat out till well into January (intern)

rafatoni

raxy wrote: »

Finished Friday. Back in the 2nd.

Same as meself. Could be out until 6th but 2nd and 3rd will be piece of piss. Maybe work 3 hours max.

keano25

Working straight through

AulWan

Just two days, 25th and 26th. Back to work on Friday, 27th.

Open 30th and 31st, closed New Years Day off, but back in on Jan 2nd.

Civil Service.

patrickc

finished last Friday back the 6th. Unfortunately my sons been sick since Thursday so not season of goodwill here just yet

gerrybbadd

Half day Xmas eve, off Xmas & Stephen's day. Working every other day then apart from New Years Day

antimatterx

Last day was the 19th, back in on the 2nd.

Rubberchikken

working into new year:)

Unearthly

Last day was 21st. Back on the 1st

monty_python

November, December, January and February

Up yours. I win

theteal

Just Wednesday/Thursday. It seemed a waste to use up annual leave for days where I won't be overly busy, projects stalled due to other people being off. On top of that, trains are off until the 2nd so I'll be doing this very little amount of work from home.

eviltwin

I get a good bit of time off either side of Christmas but I'm doing stephens day and New year's eve and day. Because it's Christmas the clients I work with will be at their worst as well so it's going to be full on. The joys of social care.

Plumbthedepths

Off the 20th back the 6th. Nice break ,unfortunately my wife works in retail. Feck all time off.

Purple Mountain

2 full weeks thank god.

Self employed

Finished Friday 20th would usually do the pretend I'm working today and end up in the pub but I have kids now. Not back untill the 4th seems school is out.

Duke of Url

Last day was the 17th. Back on Jan 7th

piplip87

Was ment to be next week as normal for the second year running. Monday-Friday and again the following week. Was told last year that would have 22-1st off but due to business needs etc.

Got my timetable and handed in my notice end of last month.

Anybody hear of any jobs going let me know

JohnnyFlash

I’m off since last Wednesday and back in on the 6th of January. I run a small business so I’ve most of the lads back in on the 28th and 30th of December.

Retired now after 40 years in public service, in since 17 (the late & great reward for a very frustrating “career”). Before the Recession used to enjoy a very decent break from 24th to 1st inclusive, although nearly always had to take half day out of my likewise then decent annual leave allowance to pay back being off on 24th, when my work premises was closed, to to be on equal par with other local authority employees. I did have to work evenings and weekends, but overall just 35 hours per week.

Then came the Recession and our weekly hours went up a bit, which was. Neither here nor there for me, but it meant missing the hourly late evening bus for some people in certain locations. Most annoying to me was the introduction of 3 days from Christmas break to be compulsorily taken out of annual leave. I would sooner have worked those days and keep my leave allowance for my beloved travel. But I was in a minority there and really had little to moan about.

Hope everyone gets to benefit from their Christmas break, or if in an occupation demanding working hard around and over Christmas that the rewards are good.

theteal

theteal wrote: »

Just Wednesday/Thursday. It seemed a waste to use up annual leave for days where I won't be overly busy, projects stalled due to other people being off. On top of that, trains are off until the 2nd so I'll be doing this very little amount of work from home.

Trains off until 2nd? Only in Ireland.

Flaccus

Working from home Tuesday. Off till 13th.

So many have to work Christmas Day. Emergency services, ESB, Met Eireann forecasters, Air Traffic Control, Breakdown services, hospital workers, Air/Sea rescue, Charity social workers, Lifeboat & mountain rescue volunteers, and many others.

DeKing

Starting a week of 12 hour night shifts tonight finishing up on the morning of the 30th. Least I'll have new years week off :rolleyes:

CelticRambler

monty_python wrote: »

November, December, January and February

Up yours. I win

Yep, you do. Also been off since 1st November, but now have to go back at the end of January. Thought I was in the clear till the second week of Feb, but got an "emergency" call last week. Feck 'em - I could see the writing on the wall two months ago, so it's not that much of an emergency; they can wait another month.

feartuath

Farmers,we have no day off.

irishguitarlad

No day off. Working Christmas day but even then students have to book a class with me. Already someone has booked me on Christmas day. What sort of fúcking sad bastard books a class for that day. He has a family and lives with them as well as I spoke to him before, you'd think he'd spend all the day with them, sick fúck.

irishguitarlad

Finished the 20th and not back until the 6th. Best time to be off all year, if I had to I would do without holidays all year to have the two weeks straight at Christmas (luckily only 2 or 3 days is all that’s coming out of my annual leave though but if I needed to use more I would).

irishguitarlad wrote: »

No day off. Working Christmas day but even then students have to book a class with me. Already someone has booked me on Christmas day. What sort of fúcking sad bastard books a class for that day. He has a family and lives with them as well as I spoke to him before, you'd think he'd spend all the day with them, sick fúck.

Just refuse the booking and take the day off.

Trigger Happy

Two and a half weeks with a soft day on call in the middle.
Its bliss as I grew up in a shop which was manic this time of year.

irishguitarlad

Jayleen Long Lottery wrote: »

Finished the 20th and not back until the 6th. Best time to be off all year, if I had to I would do without holidays all year to have the two weeks straight at Christmas (luckily only 2 or 3 days is all that’s coming out of my annual leave though but if I needed to use more I would).



Just refuse the booking and take the day off.

Can't, the company is open 365 days a year and Christmas Day unfortunately falls on one of my working days. I could have taken it off but I'm new in the company and I've exams in January when I'll need a few days off so I said I'd suck up a bit. Still though, the people who book me for the 25th are sad articles.

hynesie08

In tomorrow, off for a week because I had to use up my annual leave, back in new years day. Would honestly prefer to be in work that week, nothing going on.

Neames

Finishing up tomorrow....back on the 6th.

Looking forward to relaxing and getting away from work for a while.

Be right back

eviltwin wrote: »

I get a good bit of time off either side of Christmas but I'm doing stephens day and New year's eve and day. Because it's Christmas the clients I work with will be at their worst as well so it's going to be full on. The joys of social care.

Especially if it is residential care. I work in a respite service so we are closed the main days.

Manic Moran

Off 24 Dec-01 Jan inclusive.

Company figures not much gets done that week anyway, so may as well just shut the doors and give folks a bit of free time without mandating that’s they take holidays.

Seamai

Half day on Christmas Eve, then off until January 2nd, I can't complain about that.

ZX7R

Off Christmas Day but working the rest of the this week till Sunday.
then back in New years day night off the rest of that week.

dartboardio

Off from last Friday until Thursday the 2nd!

weldoninhio

In tomorrow. Have Xmas Day and Stephens Day off. And booked 27th, 30th and 31st off as annual leave.