Anyone stuck in the office over the festive period?

[BrabusMog]

Talking to a couple of my friends at the pub on Saturday and I was horrified to hear that they are working right up until Xmas Eve and then back in 29-31DEC and then again on 02JAN! I'm in this morning for a meeting and then tomorrow as we have our annual piss up but that's it until 05Jan for me. It seems pointless to me to get people to come in over the festive period unless they work in an operational role or in retail/leisure.

Merry Christmas

[BrabusMog]

Puggit said:

Strictly speaking I have no holiday, but I'll be 'working' from home. Phone on, emails checked occasionally.

Well, it is the end of the sales year!

All my deals are tied up, my pipeline is full of stuff for JAN onwards

[BrabusMog]

ZOLLAR said:

BrabusMog said:

Talking to a couple of my friends at the pub on Saturday and I was horrified to hear that they are working right up until Xmas Eve and then back in 29-31DEC and then again on 02JAN! I'm in this morning for a meeting and then tomorrow as we have our annual piss up but that's it until 05Jan for me. It seems pointless to me to get people to come in over the festive period unless they work in an operational role or in retail/leisure.

Merry Christmas

I suppose it depends on what area of work you do, I work for a large insurer and my particular department can be busy this time of year.
We're only closed Christmas day, boxing day and New years day, rest of the year it's business as usual.

However apart from today also I'm off for most of christmas and have been last week too.

Sorry, I should have expanded - one works in IT for a construction company and the other is a project manager for a construction company, the industry that traditionally shuts down for 2 weeks over Christmas!

[BrabusMog]

Question for those who do shift work, particularly hospitals -

Do you take it in turns each year to work Christmas Day etc, is it random or do you have to be organised and book the time off in advance?

[BrabusMog]

smegmore said:

Why do you think that everyone works in an office?

Are you Tony Blackburn?

Because I work in one and struggle with the concept that people have a different job to mine

Just about to leave to drop the missus off at the airport, the Sunday blues are going to be magnified x1500, I'm not in the mood to go back to work tomorrow!

[BrabusMog]

Cotty said:

BrabusMog said:

smegmore said:

Why do you think that everyone works in an office?

Are you Tony Blackburn?

Because I work in one and struggle with the concept that people have a different job to mine

Just about to leave to drop the missus off at the airport, the Sunday blues are going to be magnified x1500, I'm not in the mood to go back to work tomorrow!

That comment you responded to is over a year old

I responded it to a year ago

[BrabusMog]

Had to go and meet one of our suppliers this morning, luckily they had just flown in, so I met them at the airport. I couldn't believe how many people were walking around clearly off to catch a flight for work.