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Poll
Question: Do you get a paid holiday for Good Friday?
Option 1: US - Yes
Option 2: US - No, but I work in retail/medical
Option 3: US - No, and I don't work in retail/medical
Option 4: ROTW - Yes
Option 5: ROTW - No, but I work in retail/medical
Option 6: ROTW - No, and I don't work in retail/medical
Title: Good Friday off work?
Post by: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:08:15 AM
I had a conversation with a co-worker today regarding Good Friday as a holiday. He thought that it was a given that companies give that day off work. It got me thinking about it. Growing up in Iowa and then moving to Illinois, Good Friday has never been a state holiday, so I never thought about it being a Federal one. My co-worker has only ever had jobs in Indiana - where it is a state holiday - and in Illinois at very small companies owned by very religious individuals.

So who gets this Friday off work? And how does it work for Eastern Orthodox people with their different Easter calendar?
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:11:50 AM
State Holiday.

BUT you can work and get comp time which you can then use to take your other Easter day off.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Grey Fox on March 24, 2016, 09:14:16 AM
Friday off, work on Monday.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 24, 2016, 09:15:25 AM
Nope, not a federal holiday, so taxpayers money will allow the posting of crap on languish..
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:21:14 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:11:50 AM
State Holiday.

BUT you can work and get comp time which you can then use to take your other Easter day off.

How long has it been a state holiday there?
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:21:24 AM
I get extra vacations days and Sunday pay for working on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and 2nd Easter Day (Monday).
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Drakken on March 24, 2016, 09:24:40 AM
Electoral campaigns do not suffer Holidays, so I am working this Good Friday but from home, which mitigates it.

Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:29:08 AM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:21:14 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:11:50 AM
State Holiday.

BUT you can work and get comp time which you can then use to take your other Easter day off.

How long has it been a state holiday there?

Uh...no idea. The current slate of Holidays has been in existence since 1993 so that is the law the gets referred to. Cesar Chavez Day next week is also a State Holiday. Wahoo!
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 09:33:09 AM
Good Friday is a statutory holiday, so I get it off.

Easter Monday is also a holiday for provincial employees.

That's right - 4 day weekend coming up for me. :cool:
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:39:12 AM
Quote from: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:21:24 AM
I get extra vacations days and Sunday pay for working on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and 2nd Easter Day (Monday).

:huh:

"Maundy Thursday"?? "2nd Easter Day"??

What are those?? And what are the religious significance to those?
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: The Larch on March 24, 2016, 09:39:37 AM
Nope, because I'm self employed. It is an official holiday all over Spain otherwise. Depending on the region also thursday or monday. In my region it's today and on monday there's a local one, so people here can have a 5 day holiday these days.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Malthus on March 24, 2016, 09:43:16 AM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 09:33:09 AM
Good Friday is a statutory holiday, so I get it off.

Easter Monday is also a holiday for provincial employees.

That's right - 4 day weekend coming up for me. :cool:

*shakes fist*

In theory, Friday is a holiday here.

But you know what lawyers in private practice say about weekends: "only two (in this case, three) more billable days until Monday!".  :D
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Savonarola on March 24, 2016, 09:44:21 AM
We have it off this year; we haven't in the past.  (We used to have MLK Jr. day off; but didn't this year.)

In Colombia the entire Holy Week (Semana Santa) was a major holiday season.  The resort our project was headquartered out of was filled to capacity that week.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:49:24 AM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:39:12 AM
Quote from: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:21:24 AM
I get extra vacations days and Sunday pay for working on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and 2nd Easter Day (Monday).

:huh:

"Maundy Thursday"?? "2nd Easter Day"??

What are those?? And what are the religious significance to those?

The Thursday is the day Jebus washed his disciples' feet, I don't know what Maudy means but we call it "Skærtorsdag" and it means Clean Thursday. And Easter Monday is him meeting his disciples.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:55:29 AM
Also, most people in Denmark (except retail/medical) takes the entire week off getting a 10 day holiday.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on March 24, 2016, 09:56:38 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:11:50 AM
State Holiday.

BUT you can work and get comp time which you can then use to take your other Easter day off.

Not at UTHSCSA.  It's just a regular work day. 

We do have the 22nd as one of those mission critical days next month though.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Savonarola on March 24, 2016, 09:57:10 AM
Quote from: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:49:24 AM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:39:12 AM
Quote from: Liep on March 24, 2016, 09:21:24 AM
I get extra vacations days and Sunday pay for working on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and 2nd Easter Day (Monday).

:huh:

"Maundy Thursday"?? "2nd Easter Day"??

What are those?? And what are the religious significance to those?

The Thursday is the day Jebus washed his disciples' feet, I don't know what Maudy means but we call it "Skærtorsdag" and it means Clean Thursday. And Easter Monday is him meeting his disciples.

In the United States we usually call "Maundy Thursday", "Holy Thursday."  In Britain "Holy Thursday" is the Feast of the Ascension (or at least it was in Blake's time.  That's what the poems "Holy Thursday"from Songs of Innocence (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172917) and Songs of Experience (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172918) refer to.)
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Never had Good Friday off as far as I can remember.  I don't get paid holidays or vacation with my current gig anyway.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:08:34 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on March 24, 2016, 09:56:38 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 09:11:50 AM
State Holiday.

BUT you can work and get comp time which you can then use to take your other Easter day off.

Not at UTHSCSA.  It's just a regular work day. 

We do have the 22nd as one of those mission critical days next month though.

I didn't get it off at UT Austin either. The Universities have a different schedule.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: viper37 on March 24, 2016, 10:11:14 AM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:08:15 AM
I had a conversation with a co-worker today regarding Good Friday as a holiday. He thought that it was a given that companies give that day off work. It got me thinking about it. Growing up in Iowa and then moving to Illinois, Good Friday has never been a state holiday, so I never thought about it being a Federal one. My co-worker has only ever had jobs in Indiana - where it is a state holiday - and in Illinois at very small companies owned by very religious individuals.

So who gets this Friday off work? And how does it work for Eastern Orthodox people with their different Easter calendar?
We get either Friday or Monday off, employer's choice.  In my line of work, it's both for most employees, so I usually take Monday and work on Friday while everyone is at home and nobody calls me.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on March 24, 2016, 10:14:46 AM
Technically yes, but in practice it is another day of vacation that can be taken at any time.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Phillip V on March 24, 2016, 10:15:31 AM
Luckily, at least half of my work (tech/management) is done from home, so I don't care too much about holidays or vacation.  I am still in my underwear in front of a computer.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: celedhring on March 24, 2016, 10:21:07 AM
I'll be working this Friday, but that's because I'm a freelancer. Most businesses will be closed tomorrow in here.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:27:00 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on March 24, 2016, 10:15:31 AM
Luckily, at least half of my work (tech/management) is done from home, so I don't care too much about holidays or vacation.  I am still in my underwear in front of a computer.

:thumbsup:  I work from home every day.  Amazing how much more productive I am without people interrupting me at my desk.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:27:48 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Never had Good Friday off as far as I can remember.  I don't get paid holidays or vacation with my current gig anyway.

What horrible Godless business do you work in? :angry:
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on March 24, 2016, 10:39:23 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:08:34 AM
I didn't get it off at UT Austin either. The Universities have a different schedule.

Kindof a bummer.  I like those mission critical days, because they tend to be more quiet and as you said, you get comp days for them.  When I was less lazy and would show up for them (my department doesn't have any "critical" stuff in that sense, but we can be here if we want, and researchers seem to be all obsessive-like so they're always around), I'd just sit and watch movies all day with my empty inbox on the other screen.  I don't think anyone really knew I was here.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:43:49 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:27:48 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Never had Good Friday off as far as I can remember.  I don't get paid holidays or vacation with my current gig anyway.

What horrible Godless business do you work in? :angry:

Project Management consulting.  I can take time off; I just don't get paid for it.  But that's a small sacrifice for the flexibility I have working from home, plus making almost twice what I used to get in my previous job.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: garbon on March 24, 2016, 11:18:09 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:43:49 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:27:48 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Never had Good Friday off as far as I can remember.  I don't get paid holidays or vacation with my current gig anyway.

What horrible Godless business do you work in? :angry:

Project Management consulting.  I can take time off; I just don't get paid for it.  But that's a small sacrifice for the flexibility I have working from home, plus making almost twice what I used to get in my previous job.

That sounds like the bit then. When I was in New York, I could work from home everyday but they also let me have paid vacation. :D
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Brazen on March 24, 2016, 11:27:45 AM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:39:12 AM
"Maundy Thursday"??
The Queen hands out Maundy money to the same number of deserving individuals as her age every year. Seeing as she's 90 it's getting expensive  :lol:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35890750 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35890750)
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Berkut on March 24, 2016, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.

Neither of which are holidays for the bank I work for!
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: garbon on March 24, 2016, 11:56:27 AM
Quote from: Berkut on March 24, 2016, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.

Neither of which are holidays for the bank I work for!

Hardy har.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: DGuller on March 24, 2016, 11:57:06 AM
I get 2 hours off. :yeah:  I rounded it to "no" for the purpose of the poll.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 11:58:36 AM
Quote from: Berkut on March 24, 2016, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.

Neither of which are holidays for the bank I work for!

The Bank of Satan.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 12:00:41 PM
Quote from: Berkut on March 24, 2016, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.

Neither of which are holidays for the bank I work for!

Most of the credit unions I'm working with are either closed tomorrow or my contacts have the day off otherwise.  So I'll have a nice quiet day to catch up on stuff.  And think about Jesus, of course.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 12:03:56 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 12:00:41 PM
And think about Jesus, of course.

:thumbsup:

Jesus got business done man.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 24, 2016, 12:05:42 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 11:58:36 AM
The Bank of Satan.

The Bank of Godless Reason.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Zanza on March 24, 2016, 01:14:20 PM
Of course I have off this Friday and next Monday. Took two days of overtime, so back in office on Thursday.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.

Watch it - uppity Jews don't always stay down this time of year.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:47:09 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.

Watch it - uppity Jews don't always stay down this time of year.

If I can just have one quiet weekend I'm happy.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:47:48 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:47:09 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.

Watch it - uppity Jews don't always stay down this time of year.

If I can just have one quiet weekend I'm happy.

:D
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 24, 2016, 01:48:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.

Watch it - uppity Jews don't always stay down this time of year.

Last time that happened, the lag was so terrible it took him 3 days to re-spawn.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on March 24, 2016, 01:49:59 PM
Not an official holiday in Belgium. Easter Monday is (to compensate for Easter being -well- a Sunday :p)
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Josquius on March 24, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
We have good Friday and easter Monday for zombie jesus day.
As do the shops I think <_<

We also have whit Monday and some random Thursday in a month
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 24, 2016, 01:51:31 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 24, 2016, 01:48:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 24, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 24, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Off, but we have to kill an uppity Jew.

Watch it - uppity Jews don't always stay down this time of year.

Last time that happened, the lag was so terrible it took him 3 days to re-spawn.

Wasn't lag, he was a rare NPC with a three day timer. :nerd:
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 01:52:19 PM
Quote from: Tyr on March 24, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
We have good Friday and easter Monday for zombie jesus day.

:pope: Instead of your brains he wants your heart my son.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Liep on March 24, 2016, 01:52:46 PM
Quote from: Tyr on March 24, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
We have good Friday and easter Monday for zombie jesus day.
As do the shops I think <_<

We also have whit Monday and some random Thursday in a month

You mean pentecost and ascension thursday? Not completely random.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: dps on March 24, 2016, 04:11:10 PM
The company I work for did away with paid holidays and, technically, vacations.  Instead, now we accumulate paid time off that we can use whenever we want (within reason, and with prior notice) so anyone can turn any day into a paid holiday for themselves.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Razgovory on March 24, 2016, 04:58:17 PM
Three day weekends are an affront to human reason.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Archy on March 24, 2016, 05:12:52 PM
For such a Catholic country as ours we have only Easter Monday off.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2016, 06:52:28 PM
Quote from: merithyn on March 24, 2016, 09:08:15 AM
He thought that it was a given that companies give that day off work.

LOLZ
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2016, 07:00:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:43:49 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 10:27:48 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 24, 2016, 10:01:54 AM
Never had Good Friday off as far as I can remember.  I don't get paid holidays or vacation with my current gig anyway.

What horrible Godless business do you work in? :angry:

Project Management consulting.  I can take time off; I just don't get paid for it.  But that's a small sacrifice for the flexibility I have working from home, plus making almost twice what I used to get in my previous job.

LOL, I am cash-and-carry as well;  no sick time, no vacation time, no holidays, no benefits--I don't work, I don't eat.  Unfortunately, it's about what I made when I was 22 years old, but that's a small sacrifice for the flexibility of wondering if Today is My Last Day at Work  :lol:. 

Rather liberating actually, as I get to be all "living-in-the-moment" about it, like a living-on-the-edge Millennial with a mortgage.  It's so much more exciting that way!   :yeah:
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2016, 07:03:46 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 24, 2016, 09:42:15 AM
Off Friday and Monday as bank holidays.

Are they closed on Saturdays over there as well?  That would be 4 days...IIRC, US banks are prohibited from being closed for more than 3 consecutive days.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Ed Anger on March 24, 2016, 07:13:09 PM
I'm off.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: DontSayBanana on March 24, 2016, 10:57:54 PM
Nope.  Retail.  Good Friday's actually my last day at RadioShack, though.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: viper37 on March 25, 2016, 01:34:37 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 24, 2016, 01:52:19 PM
Quote from: Tyr on March 24, 2016, 01:50:12 PM
We have good Friday and easter Monday for zombie jesus day.

:pope: Instead of your brains he wants your heart my son.
I'd gladly give it, but i kinda need it and I only have one.  Brains however, seem superficial.  Lots of people these days vote without one.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Caliga on March 25, 2016, 06:15:25 AM
No paid holiday but I took the day off.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Archy on March 25, 2016, 06:37:16 AM
THis weekend is easter egg weekend since i've a little girl.
The  next three days we're going to get a lot of chocolate eggs.
80% will disappear in the belly of mom and dad
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Martinus on March 25, 2016, 08:13:24 AM
Quote from: Archy on March 24, 2016, 05:12:52 PM
For such a Catholic country as ours we have only Easter Monday off.

Same.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 25, 2016, 08:25:24 AM
This post brought to you by the American taxpayer.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 25, 2016, 10:18:31 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 25, 2016, 08:25:24 AM
This post brought to you by the American taxpayer.

There is a suspiciously high percentage of Jews working today at teh Fedruhl guvmint.

Slurpee indians too, come to think about it.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Martinus on March 25, 2016, 10:36:09 AM
I prefer to work on Good Friday so I can have the Great Friday off.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Fate on March 25, 2016, 11:22:43 AM
Normal work day, sitting in the Hopkins emergency department providing High Quality Care™ to the citizens of The Wire.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: Caliga on March 25, 2016, 06:33:43 PM
Despite taking the day off, people bugged the shit out of me all day anyway.  Woohoo!
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 25, 2016, 06:49:32 PM
The blinkered, simpleton naivete of uber Christians is absolutely adorable, especially when they're being all Baptisty and whatnot. 
The kind of Ned Flanders types that are totally oblivious to good taste, because Christ loves them and everybody in fucking traffic has to know it, too.

So...Super Baptist Boy calls me today--

SBB:  "So you're in today?  Holding down the fort all by yourself, since everybody's out?"
CdM:  "No, M------- is here, too."
SBB:  "Oh, really?  I thought she'd have taken off today."
CdM:  "I don't see why she would."
SBB:  "Well, even though some people may go about it differently, it's still, you know, a spiritual day and she's pretty spiritual."
CdM:  "I'm sure they do, but I don't think M------'s got anything in her Outlook about it, what with her being Jewish and all."
 

https://youtu.be/zsT9wDBXyjE?t=147
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: The Brain on March 25, 2016, 08:03:38 PM
Quote from: Caliga on March 25, 2016, 06:33:43 PM
Despite taking the day off, people bugged the shit out of me all day anyway.  Woohoo!

:console:

Oh, "bugged". Nm.
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on March 25, 2016, 08:08:54 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 25, 2016, 06:49:32 PM
CdM:  "I'm sure they do, but I don't think M------'s got anything in her Outlook about it, what with her being Jewish and all."

Oh she's got something on her calendar

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaiEJH.gif&hash=f8bff1245e07abe5950cfb642cf1b7ab945be77b)
Title: Re: Good Friday off work?
Post by: katmai on March 25, 2016, 08:32:28 PM
I'm writing this from work, so no, no day off for me.