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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wish I could sympathize but I work for a company that DOES give the days after Thanksgiving and Christmas off, but does not give Columbus Day or Veterans Day off. Great, right? Except that forces us to find alternate care for our child since their daycare is also closed on those holidays but not the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas. 
Grass isn't always greener.[/quote]

I'm a fed contractor and most of the contractors have the option to trade Columbus/Veterans Days for Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, so I do that.  My wife, the fed, does not have that option.  Instead, she watches the kids on Columbus and Veterans Day while I work and I watch the kids on the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve while she works.[/quote]

How is trading holidays an option if you work in a fed building? You aren't allowed in when they are closed.[/quote]

Depends on the agency and the contract.  Since I have an array of work that can be done outside the regular work day schedule, I have the approval of the COTR to work off hours.  Because of that, I have access to the work-site when the agency is closed.  However, this particular switch is pretty common with contractors at our facility and so on those two holidays, quite a lot of contractors come on-site to work.[/quote]

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