So I work at a company where I am the first (in company history) Assistant Manager who is NOT salaried (actually Im techinically the only person in the entire company who isn't salaried. I don't get PTO or sick days or any of that I can thank my predecessor for that). Anyways.
We get our Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday hours at the same time but what is so annoying is that we usually get them the week OF or the week before Thanksgiving. It just drives me crazy that we don't get it lets say at the beginning of November, you know so people with families could make plans?? I also brought up the salaried part because while I get to stay at work (previous years) the people in my office get to take the entire week of TG and XMAS off. So I guess I understand now why getting the schedule out in advance isn't a necessity. I knew it was going to happen again this year but it still irks me SO BAD!!! Oh and also this isn't retail or a restaurant or anything where it is somewhere that is SUPER busy during the holiday season. (Actually in my industry it is THE SLOWEST time of the year- housing industry. Nobody moves in Nov or Dec. When I have worked before I have gone the entire week without anyone coming in, not even current residents)
How far in advance do you/your SO know your/their holiday work schedule?
**edit** Sorry if I said "Schedule". There is no "Schedule" everyone works 8-5, M-F. So it isn't as if people schedule's change at all.
My husband writes his, and the people he works withs schedule so it's flexible. But he already knows who has when off til after the new year.
We have the same holidays every year so we know for the next million years what our schedule is. So far as particulars, if I wanted to make plans I would simply take vacation time. That way I know, ya know?
I control my schedule, so does my husband, we are lucky. Still when I was a scheduled employee I found out a week in advance what my hours were. This is very standard in any industry that schedules.
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Okay if you get traditional holidays that would be Thanksgiving day, Christmas day.... You get the idea, there are six holidays a year. Retail has three or four. They are always the same every year.
I read "so what happened". So I don't understand why you'd be annoyed with your employer.
In every business that I've worked for with set hours, we work on the days the business is opened. If we're opened the day after Thanksgiving we work. If we're closed we don't. The hours of business are usually posted at least a month in advance.
I get my accrued hours and if i have enough hours saved up that is when I know my work schedule. My husbands is a little trickier based on seniority and if they have enough help but he's already got Thanksgiving off so we are able to plan quite a bit in advance.
No PTO or sick time? It sounds like you are more of a contractor than an assistant manager. I would be making some noise on that one.
Our holiday schedule come out at least a full year in advance. Actually i just got the holiday schedule for 2013 last week.
I work every holiday except Thanksgiving and Christmas but that might change this year too. When I started we didnt work any national holidays. When I found out I had to work I am not kidding you it was within a week. call putting a damper on your already planned holiday. BTW I started working holidays just this year.
I get the normal 6 each year. If I want any more days I have to put in for them and either use vacation or sick days. The earlier you get them in, the better chance of getting them off. Everyone in my dept works different hours but we all put in at least an 8 hour work day.
My husband gets 11 holidays off that are paid. The normal 6 and also Good Friday, Friday after Thanksgiving, Xmas Eve, Day after Xmas, Day after New Years and New Years Eve.
Typically a year in advance.
We know a year in advance. I work for a package delivery company, and that is our busiest time of the year, but we still know what is expected of us, what our days off are, and what days we cannot take off. It's mandatory that no one takes vacations from day after Thanksgiving until the day after Christmas. My husband is self employed in a similar industry and his schedule is pretty much the same as mine. We are busy, but it is nice knowing so far in advance.
I work in healthcare and my husband works retail. Holidays are stressful in my house b/c we both are required to work them. At my work, we get our schedule in four week blocks, and they are usually released two/three weeks before the start of one. I will know my Holiday schedule by the end of this month (so three weeks before Thanksgiving and about six or so prior to Christmas/New Years). My husband, on the other hand, gets his schedule weekly. So we will not know his Holiday schedule until the week before. Makes planning VERY difficult.
