FEDS OFF MONDAY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank the American taxpayer for your paid leave while they are busting their butts at work that day.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

Right, because federal workers don't also pay taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Many private sector offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's. Federal government is not.
Tell me again why having 12/24 off is so unfair?


Who are these private sector offices? I want to work for one of those companies.

Signed,

Employee of Fortune 500 company who is only off on Dec. 25

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank the American taxpayer for your paid leave while they are busting their butts at work that day.

Exactly

I've been in the workforce for about 25 years, and I believe this is the very first year I will not work on Christmas eve, since I've joined the federal government.

And I can say without a doubt that I have never experienced a Christmas eve at any private sector job where anyone was busting their butt.

[Anonymous]

DH is non-Fed and his last three jobs regularly cut him loose on Friday afternoons. And then there were the bonuses. Those are not perks I get as a Fed. So I will enjoy this one paid day, fuck you very much. -a Fed and a taxpayer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Many private sector offices are closed between Christmas and New Year's. Federal government is not.
Tell me again why having 12/24 off is so unfair?


Who are these private sector offices? I want to work for one of those companies.

Signed,

Employee of Fortune 500 company who is only off on Dec. 25

+1

+2 I usually take it as a vacation day though

Will the post office be open?

[Anonymous]

Why does OPM/status still say OPEN?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does OPM/status still say OPEN?

Because certain sections are open.

http://chcoc.gov/transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=5212

Attachment 1- Executive Order - Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on Monday, December 24, 2012
By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, by the Constitution and laws of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. All executive branch departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Monday, December 24, 2012, the day before Christmas Day, except as provided in section 2 below.

Sec. 2. The heads of executive branch departments and agencies may determine that certain offices and installations of their organizations, or parts thereof, must remain open and that certain employees must report for duty on December 24, 2012, for reasons of national security or defense or other public need.

[Anonymous]

I ha ve no problems with the Feds getting the day off. However, us contractors who work on site do not get the day off. Unfortunately, the HVAC system was shut down. So, I have a choice: a leave day or be very very hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH is non-Fed and his last three jobs regularly cut him loose on Friday afternoons. And then there were the bonuses. Those are not perks I get as a Fed. So I will enjoy this one paid day, fuck you very much. -a Fed and a taxpayer.

Cut lose on Friday afternoons and bonuses? Dang. I'm an engineer with a government contractor but I guess my company missed that memo. Oh well, at least I've got my home and health and my kids and my wife (well, at home. I'm still at the office).

[Anonymous]

DH is non-Fed and his last three jobs regularly cut him loose on Friday afternoons. And then there were the bonuses. Those are not perks I get as a Fed. So I will enjoy this one paid day, fuck you very much. -a Fed and a taxpayer.

Calm down, ma'am. This is not your "one paid day" off. You get many paid holidays, more than most American workers. As for bonuses, I know very few people who still get them. If your husband is getting regularly cut early (from three jobs, no less) must be an industry thing because it just doesn't happen in most private sector jobs.

Hope you enjoyed your day off and lost the Angry Poster attitude.

[Anonymous]

Your holidays and vacations are all pathetic compared with those enjoyed by civilized countries.

But keep scrapping amongst yourselves while your plutocratic masters walk off with the spoils.