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How long have you off for Christmas?

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  • #102
    Greyfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭Greyfox


    I've 9 days off 22nd til 30th, I learned my lesson last year when I was back the day after Stephens day so I made sure to book time off way in advance


  • #103
    erica74
    Registered Users Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭erica74


    rob316 wrote: »
    23 gross? Why would you bother

    That or the dole and I'm not a non-worker type.
    brookers wrote: »
    Could you go part time. probably work out better for you, when people look back in 100 years, clerical workers in the civil service/hse etc will be the scullery staff of victorian times. The consultants will be dining on fine wines and delicate canapes in front of their roaring fires while you sit there bored out of your tree, counting down the hours to see your family and friends and wondering what train/bus can get you back home.....

    Nope, no part time available. It's literally that job that I'm doing or unemployment.
    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    All aboard the public Service gravy train. Choo Choo! It's infuriating to hear people talk about the public service as of its an easy life, well paid and pointless. In actual fact is often tough slog, poorly paid and necessary work to make the country function.

    Enjoy your days off and thanks for the work you do

    The actual work is easy but it's so incredibly busy and you're doing the work of 2 or 3 people and still being told it's not enough.

    I'm not trying to be a martyr but, unfortunately, I'm not qualified in anything, can't afford college, neither full time nor part time (not just because of money) and jobs for someone like me are becoming harder and harder to find.

    I love helping people and I enjoy helping patients and members of the public but some can be absolutely horrific to deal with.


  • #104
    Dick phelan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭Dick phelan


    Finish on the 15th back on the 4th can't wait, been living in China more then a year so wasn't at home last year and haven't been back since. Last year i had xmas day off but that was it, so really excited to get back home. I'm using the rest of my leave from this year plus some unpaid but more then worth loosing the money over.


  • #105
    arctictree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭arctictree


    I'm a farmer so the concept of days off doesn't really apply! Might be on a 'go slow' for a few days...


  • #106
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Update - actually off from the 24th to the 2nd now. Delighted. I work for the medical card unit


  • #107
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Update - actually off from the 24th to the 2nd now. Delighted. I work for the medical card unit

    No medical cards for anyone over xmas then! How long is the wait time, 6 months/?? :pac:


  • #108
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    arctictree wrote: »
    I'm a farmer so the concept of days off doesn't really apply! Might be on a 'go slow' for a few days...

    the EU cheques won't come on 25/26/27 Dec though


  • #109
    bubbles o hara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭bubbles o hara


    I finish next week on the 20th and I'm not back until January 8th, longest time ever for me...and I can't wait. I love Christmas. :D


  • #110
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    El_Duderino 09 wrote:
    All aboard the public Service gravy train. Choo Choo! It's infuriating to hear people talk about the public service as of its an easy life, well paid and pointless. In actual fact is often tough slog, poorly paid and necessary work to make the country function.


    Simple question is it choice or forced?


  • #111
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,309 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Simple question is it choice or forced?
    It is a choice like all jobs.......but I think the point the OP was trying to make is it isnt all sweetness and light as a career choice, there are negatives (despite what some people seem to believe) to go with the positives, especially at the lower grades IMO (I started as a CO).


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  • #112
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,498 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    Generally id take off as much time as a wanted. But ive run out of holiday days so ive got the 24th off as a personal holiday day, 25th and 26th off as public holiday, half day on the 27th and "working" from home on the 28th.


  • #113
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    9 work days, December 21- Jan 7th inclusive in real time...
    I'm gonna lightly broil myself in alcohol ... Then a Dry January ... well Dry January 6 - February 6 to be exact :)


  • #114
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Physically I'm off from 21st till the 2nd - best part of 2 weeks.:D:D

    Psychologically, I've been off since December started and I'm not due back till near the end of January!


  • #115
    Jamsiek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Jamsiek


    2 weeks and spending one of the weeks in Quebec City and Montreal, looking forward to that


  • #116
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Finish up about two Xmas eve, then start again 7pm on the 28th, that's enough tbh. I've two weeks off in January then.

    Volunteered for Christmas Eve because it's a lovely buzz that day, means I won't be getting to my parents' until about 8pm though.


  • #117
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Try_harder wrote: »
    No medical cards for anyone over xmas then! How long is the wait time, 6 months/?? :pac:

    When idiots don’t fill out the form correctly or provide all necessary supporting documentation yep I have seen people delay their applications that long!

    Others that do put all necessary info with the app I’ve seen getting the card in the space of two weeks.

    To those dissing the public sector, the country is such a farse we barely have one, the majority of those ‘departments’ like revenue, nmcu, etc are all made up of low paid short term workers in call Centres where the invisible man makes the decisions.


  • #118
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Just the 25th, but if I start to feel hard-done-by, I can always remind myself that barely six months have passed since I was on the dole, desperately seeking a job and becoming suicidal - whereas I now have a secure, fairly well-paid job that I really enjoy.


  • #119
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote:
    Just the 25th, but if I start to feel hard-done-by, I can always remind myself that barely six months have passed since I was on the dole, desperately seeking a job and becoming suicidal - whereas I now have a secure, fairly well-paid job that I really enjoy.


    Genuinely happy for you, hope it continues. Have a good Christmas even if it is a short one.


  • #120
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Just the 25th, but if I start to feel hard-done-by, I can always remind myself that barely six months have passed since I was on the dole, desperately seeking a job and becoming suicidal - whereas I now have a secure, fairly well-paid job that I really enjoy.

    May you wear it well. Not working would suck the life out of anyone unless they were incapacitated.


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  • #121
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Off the 25/26/27/28th, and the 31st/1st/2nd. Not too bad. the only ones I really care about are Christmas day and the two days after.

    Until recently I only ever had Christmas Day and Stephens Day off, but never really bothered me....spare a though for retail staff forced to stay later on Christmas Eve, or in pre-dawn on Stephen's day for sales.


  • #122
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    Off the 25th and 26th, in the 27th, then off for a week cause I had to use up the last of my annual leave. Not looking forward to a week off with nothing to do, so might pop up to Belfast or over to the UK for a few days.


  • #123
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    I’m finishing up on the 21st and back on the 2nd. Which is unheard of for me. Got lucky this year.


  • #124
    Spleerbun
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭Spleerbun


    Off from 21st - 2nd, except for the 27th which I'm working. I also had to use two Annual Leave days in the middle of that


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