Who else is working on Good Friday?

[Anaamika]

The office building is eerily empty. The cafe is closed, and the bathroom is all quiet. The bank is open, but other than that I think most people are closed.

We are getting out early this afternoon, but until that, we're here.

Who's with me?

[gurujulp]

We are considered 'essential' employees, so several of us are here- but I get to leave at 11 today! Hooray!

June is my last month with every other Friday a half day, though, then I will be stuck on the 9-5

But yeah, the building is on lockdown, we have to dodge people at the doors who don't know we are closed, etc-

I like it all empty at work.

[Anaamika]

I would like it better if my coworkers had all taken the day off. :p But it's cool.

[Athena]

I can't remember the last time I worked someplace where we had Good Friday off. I mean, I guess I could take it off if I wanted to now, since I'm self-employed, but back when I worked outside the house, it wasn't considered a holiday.

[Silver Tyger]

People get Good Friday off?

[Anaamika]

Apparently so!

[Dung Beetle]

People get Good Friday off?

Not anyone I personally know. But I bet the phones go completely quiet after lunch today.

[Ferret Herder]

I work in the clinic part of a medical center (hospital/clinic complex). It's business as usual for the entire facility, such that I'm always surprised whenever someone asks me if I have today off. (I spoke to a friend, who's a teacher, earlier in the week, and she asked me the same question; I couldn't figure out why I might until I thought about it for a bit.) Our clinic is open today, doctors are in, we're seeing patients, and I have a lunch meeting with a pharmaceutical company rep as well.

Aside from some short periods in my life where I've had other jobs, I've worked in universities or hospitals my entire adult life, so I've never really had that as an option.

[gurujulp]

For us it is just a 'work-furlough' day, and most of us DON'T get it off- so I am glad I signed up to get the half fridays- not that I am Catholic; I am one gen away from anything with a cross...

But we do get Malcolm X day off- and I guess that pretty much narrows down where I work if you care... ;)

[Colibri]

People get Good Friday off?

Here in Panama people do. Actually, a lot of people take off Holy Thursday too to make a four-day weekend. I went in to my office yesterday to find no one else around.

Today I'm working from home, but on consulting work and other outside projects.

Weekends like this one are the best time to do shopping and errands around town (at least at places that are still open). There's almost no traffic (which is usually horrendous) or crowds and the city is nearly a ghost town.

[Antinor01]

I had forgotten that this was Easter weekend until a coworker mentioned it. I hope we end up leaving early.

[Procrustus]

In this neck of the woods (Seattle area), everyone appears to be working as normal.

[Kimmy_Gibbler]

People get Good Friday off?

Including, famously (well, evidently not so famously), the New York Stock Exchange and other financial markets.

[WhyNot]

Not getting paid, but I'm hoping to "work" in the ER tonight. A friend of mine is an RN there, and checking with her boss to see if I can shadow her on the 3P to 3AM shift. I hope Boss says yes, I really need more clinical experience than I'm getting in school, so even if I can't do anything for legal reasons, I'd really like to see what an overnight shift in the ER looks like.

And if I just happen to make a great impression and they want to hire me when I get my license in July, that'd be okay, too! :D

I hadn't considered that it's Good Friday, though. Wonder if that will raise or lower the patient census...

[Hello Again]

I work for the government, obviously we are fully operational and have a normal workday. Church, meet state.

I took a half day on monday for Passover.

[swampbear]

I'm at work but taking the afternoon off just cause I can.

[Rachellelogram]

I can't remember the last time I worked someplace where we had Good Friday off... it wasn't considered a holiday.
This. Our office is fully functional today. There are probably some religious people who scheduled the day off, but it's a call center and we have a low absence tolerance. Incoming phone calls can't be put off 'til Monday, unlike other forms of work.

I didn't even know Easter was this weekend until my boss gave me a chocolate rabbit this morning. Thanks, boss !

[PapSett]

Yup, going into the call center in a couple hours. That's one of the few things I miss about factory work- we always got a 3 day weekend for Easter.

[fiddlesticks]

I'm traveling on Monday, so I expect to be in the office late tonight, and possibly tomorrow. Sigh.

[Indyellen]

Not only am I working, but I've been in the office since 5:30 AM and I don't get to leave until 4:00 - 4:30 PM. We pushed a release out to our client databases this morning and I had to be here for testing, then work a normal day as support. Our clients are doctors, so most of them are working today.

I'm really tired, though. It's only 12:30 and I've already done 7 hours...

[BMalion]

Call center, open, but darn slow.

I like it.

[Little Bird]

Just a half day, going home in 30 minutes.

But here's a fun fact: My office is the lower level of a bank's building. On bank holidays the bank is closed, and the good bathrooms are supposed to be off-limits behind a security door. But they never actually lock the door. So sometimes I forget it's a holiday and go to the good bathrooms. Then the cops show up. Good times.

[manx]

Most ordinary staff, like me are in. But Management and Marketing are off, and Monday too. Ditto next week - the wedding on Friday and Bank Holiday Monday mean consecutive four-day weekends for office-type people in the UK.

Last year I was getting double pay for working Bank Holidays, so I didn't mind. This year that's been scrapped, so if I'm still here next year, I'm booking it off.

[Lasciel]

Working today, AND scheduled to work tomorrow as well - unless I end up taking off for personal reasons.

It doesn't really bother me too much, but if Easter weekend were a paid holiday, I wouldn't complain. Heck, if it were an UNPAID holiday, I still don't think I'd complain too much. I like having days off.

[faithfool]

Meals on Wheels very rarely take a weekday off, so I'm here at the Senior Center all by myself. I hope to get to leave before 1:00, but that'll depend on how quickly my volunteer finishes his route.

[dawson]

I'm working tonite, but outside of restaurants, most everything around here (London, ON. is closed).

[Onomatopoeia]

People get Good Friday off?I was going to ask the same thing. Things are as bustling in my neck of the woods as any other day. Every business that's normally open is open, and the streets are packed with dour-visaged worker drones, as usual.

[StGermain]

I'm here at my desk. Two of my fellow team members took the day off, though. But you have to use PTO.

StG

[fachverwirrt]

I'm working two of my [counts on fingers] five jobs today. Teaching all day, then singing a tenebrae service tonight.

[Sigmagirl]

I'm here but don't have a blasted thing to do, so fortunately I have a book. My husband has the day off.

[Minnie Luna]

I work at a University, so no day off for us. It is pretty quiet around here, though. I lot of people took the day off. The parking lot at the train station this morning was abnormally emptier than usual. Most days you have to fight for a spot if you take a train later than 7:30 am.'

[Rachellelogram]

I was going to ask the same thing. Things are as bustling in my neck of the woods as any other day. Every business that's normally open is open, and the streets are packed with dour-visaged worker drones, as usual.
It's not my fault I'm doury! (snerk!)

But seriously I'm in a fantastic mood today. I think I might color eggies this weekend. Yay for chocolate bunnies and hard-boiled eggs!

[Vihaga]

I notice more people being gone for Passover than for Good Friday. It didn't even register that today *was* Good Friday. (That might be because it's also my anniversary and because I begged off visiting my parents this weekend.)

[WhyNot]

Not getting paid, but I'm hoping to "work" in the ER tonight. A friend of mine is an RN there, and checking with her boss...

Yay! Boss said yes! So I will be "working" tonight. I've been promised, statistically speaking, at least 2 traumas, Good Friday or no Good Friday. Apparently Friday night and Monday morning are THE shifts to be in the ER if you want to see some action! :D

[zoid]

I work for the government, obviously we are fully operational and have a normal workday. Church, meet state.
I took a half day on monday for Passover.

This. I work for a large international telecom. We must recognize and value the diversity of our workforce.
All religious holidays are gone, except for some odd reason Christmas but you're allowed to work that day and take another day as vacation.

[Quartz]

I've got the night shift tonight.

[MissTake]

Working as normal today. Whee.
(Not that it means much, I'm working from home, in comfy sweats, curled up on the couch)

[Arrogance Ex Machina]

Most people have the day off here in Finland, but I had to go to work - on double pay, though. I'll have Sunday and Monday off as my Easter vacation.

[China Guy]

Normal work day here in corporate slave land

[Antinor01]

I had forgotten that this was Easter weekend until a coworker mentioned it. I hope we end up leaving early.

We got the official word, regular full day since it's not a company recognized holiday. Ah well.

[gotpasswords]

Business as usual here. One of my co-workers is off today, but they didn't tell me what they were doing. For all I know, she may be having wisdom teeth pulled.

[overlyverbose]

Yep, still at work, though it's a ghost town. Most of my co-workers are fairly devout Catholics. I'm a religious mutt (well, I'm agnostic, but my family encompasses many religions), so while I celebrate many other holidays and then some, Good Friday isn't one that I take.

[guizot]

Here in Panama people do. Actually, a lot of people take off Holy Thursday too to make a four-day weekend. I went in to my office yesterday to find no one else around.Well, in academia in the States they just call it "Spring Break." However, In Colombia I got not only all of Holy Week off , but also Monday through Wednesday of Carnaval week. (And in fact, few people came to work the preceding Friday or following Thursday.)

Puerto Rico has the most work holidays in the America's, because they get the Catholic Saint's days AND the U.S. days like Thanksgiving and July 4. Lazy bastards.

[Ferret Herder]

Yay! Boss said yes! So I will be "working" tonight. I've been promised, statistically speaking, at least 2 traumas, Good Friday or no Good Friday. Apparently Friday night and Monday morning are THE shifts to be in the ER if you want to see some action! :D
If you want some major action, try getting a stint at County's ER. ;)

[Eureka]

I'm not--but I work retail, so it was luck of the draw--and due to scheduling quirks, I still don't know if I'm working Easter afternoon.

My Dad isn't--though I'm not sure who all at his place of employment is off--it might be salaried folk are off, and those who work on the assembly lines are still on (or not on) depending on sales.

My Mom is scheduled for eye surgery on Monday--half an hour ago she got a call asking her to come in an hour earlier.

Which makes her happy, but is cutting it awfully fine, assuming that the person making such calls would not do so on a weekend, even one that was not a Holiday weekend.

[Skammer]

I'm working. But I'm going to try to leave a little early.

[myskepticsight]

I worked today. Definitely not a work holiday. Not religious at all. Seems like a lot of people did take off today, but also could have something to do with a lot of local schools (public too) had the day off - "spring weekend" and a lot of the people who took off are parents and/or catholic. It was very quiet which was awesome because I got hit with what I think is a sinus infection yesterday afternoon and I was miserable all day. Too many people needing me/giving me work to do would have been too much today :p

[congodwarf]

I didn't work today but, well, I don't have a job. :D

I did have school today. Six hours of biology and then an hour of doggy school. I did have a classmate who wanted to miss lab today because she's fairly devout. But, she had a choice between going to church or getting a zero on the lab for today. So, she came to school.

[A. Gwilliam]

Another Brit here.

I'm not in regular employment at the moment, so today (well, yesterday now) being a public holiday was somewhat moot for me. But I did have a shift at the theatre bar in the evening. A nice easy time we had (not so good news for the theatre, of course), with a small audience who bought very few drinks indeed. Although the ice creams apparently sold well; we've got stupendous weather here at the moment and there were a lot of kids in the audience! :)

I was very surprised that we had post this morning, though.


ETA:
My stepbrother had to work, though. He's a store manager for a major chain. His boss sent him an e-mail in the morning telling him he had to work... wtf?! Still, at least he gets double pay.

[twickster]

Ugh, not only did I work today, I had to go up to NYC to talk to my boss and to train someone on something that she's not actually going to have time to do. And I couldn't get into my work email remotely (despite the fact that I was in the main office), so I couldn't finish the thing I was supposed to be writing in between these various meetings and conversations. So when I got back to Philly at 5:30, instead of heading home I went back to the office, and the draft of the thing I was working on in NY and hurriedly emailed to myself before I went tearing out of there to catch the (very crowded) train did not have the attachment of the draft, so I had to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. So I was at work till after 7 and didn't get home till 8.

So, yeah, I worked today. And I'm working this weekend on a freelance job. And Monday I have to go in and start working on all the various shit that my boss assigned when we talked today.

Good thing I don't celebrate Easter.

[Cunctator]

People get Good Friday off?Good Friday is a public holiday in Australia. And this year, because Easter Monday (also a public holiday) coincides with Anzac Day (25 April) we get a five day break.I was very surprised that we had post this morning, though.My phone was out of order yesterday morning. I reported it and was amazed to have a technician turn up within an hour and fix it, on a public holiday.

[elfkin477]

I had no idea there were still places that got Good Friday off. I bet they get Veterans' Day off too...My parents and teachers talked about how back in their day kids got Good Friday off from school, but that hasn't happened since the early 80s at least.

But anyway, of all the religious people in this state - and less than 40% of people go to church weekly - only 1/3rd are Catholic. I don't know off the top of my head what 1/3rd of 2/5ths is, but it's sure not enough to get businesses to give days off.

I didn't notice anyone taking a personal day where I work, either.

[congodwarf]

My parents and teachers talked about how back in their day kids got Good Friday off from school, but that hasn't happened since the early 80s at least.


Your schools don't have spring break during pre-Easter week? That's how they get around it here. Drives my best friend crazy. Every year, just as she's starting to prepare for her finals, her 8-year-old son and husband (a teacher) both get a vacation. Neither of them are capable of realizing that she isn't on vacation too. It gets pretty ugly.

[WhyNot]

If you want some major action, try getting a stint at County's ER. ;)

I bet! I'm pretty exhausted after a 12 hour at this one (which is also a trauma center, but we had no traumas tonight). I got to help a woman try to have a baby - I held a leg while she pushed for half an hour, and she was only about 2 contractions away from birth when the OB decided to push the head back in and make a run for L&D. Word is the wee one was safely born just as they got on the floor. I got to hand meds and do compressions on a cardiac arrest who arrested on us twice, and we got a pulse back both times (we didn't get a brain back, sadly, but she was still in sinus rhythm in ICU when I left, so she may be able to be a tissue donor.) I got to hang several piggybacks and saline bags, which is more than I've been able to do in my school's Clinicals. I was a shoulder to cry on for an overwhelmed mom and a hand to hold for an old confused lady with sepsis and I helped hold and soothe a newborn (8 days old) while they tried but failed to get an IV placed...all in all, a very busy, very educational night! :D

[congodwarf]

That's wonderful WhyNot! I'm glad your friend's boss gave you permission to be there. Do you think you'll get to do it again? Just from the tone of your post, it definitely sounds like you really love nursing.

[dalej42]

The financial markets are closed in the US, so I always take Good Friday off. I don't like being at work when the markets are closed. It is usually my only day off from work during tax season, but this year Easter falls later than April 15.

[elfkin477]

Your schools don't have spring break during pre-Easter week? That's how they get around it here. Drives my best friend crazy. Every year, just as she's starting to prepare for her finals, her 8-year-old son and husband (a teacher) both get a vacation. Neither of them are capable of realizing that she isn't on vacation too. It gets pretty ugly.Only when Easter is really late like this year. The spring break is generally the third week of April in this town, and that sounds about right for when I was young too.

I do know it used to drive my parents crazy that MA and NH don't take the same weeks off, because we couldn't do things with friends who still lived in MA for that reason.

[WhyNot]

That's wonderful WhyNot! I'm glad your friend's boss gave you permission to be there. Do you think you'll get to do it again? Just from the tone of your post, it definitely sounds like you really love nursing.
Well, I'm about halfway through the job application, so we'll see! :)

[dhkendall]

This is the first year in 10 years that I've had Good Friday off, due to being employed 2000-2010 in a 24/7/365 call center (and having call center close in April of 2010 and not having found work since).

(I know, late to the party. Been away from the Dope for a while.)