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Do your work colleagues actually know it's Easter this weekend and that Friday and Monday are Bank Holidays?

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cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 19:50

After some recent emails and conversations, I think some people just don't know. Maybe they are just out of the loop on these things.

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Zonder · 27/03/2024 07:11

I don't know why but every time Easter happens in March people comment on how unusual it is for it to be so early. Good Friday was in March in 2013, 2016 and 2018 as well as 2024.
Not that unusual!

Scaraben · 27/03/2024 06:57

Actually I know what you mean. It has surprised people by being earlier than usual. Our school term finishes on Thursday rather than Friday this week due to the BH. I am having a random selection of kids over on Friday as their parents are suddenly scrambling for childcare and I'm on ML! We're in Scotland and while it is an official BH, it's one of the "optional" ones for a lot of public sector people. I'm NHS and usually we'll work good Friday/Easter Monday but get to take them in lieu elsewhere. It's not like Christmas.

fieldsofbutterflies · 27/03/2024 06:57

I work with dogs so I'm pretty sure they're completely oblivious 😉

But many of their owners did seem shocked when I said I wasn't working Friday or Monday.

Beezknees · 27/03/2024 06:55

Yes. Our customers on the other hand don't seem to!

Shardlake63 · 27/03/2024 06:53

MargaretThursday · 26/03/2024 20:01

My line manager is planning on working Good Friday AND Easter Sunday. I think he's planning on taking the Monday off though.

He's a minister. I think he's aware. At least I hope he is.😁

😂😂😂

AnAwfulPerson · 27/03/2024 06:37

My boss knows but doesn't care. She casually announced that people could use their Easter break to do a half-day of compulsory CPD.

Surroundyourselfwiththerightpeople · 27/03/2024 06:36

Yes, they are all pleased about no meetings and a period of concentrated work on grant applications!
I’m feeling guilty about plans for Saturday pm and Monday!!

fedupwithbeingcold · 27/03/2024 06:23

My office is in Ireland so Friday is a working day. I'm based in Uk so I get it as a holiday but I only remembered a couple of days ago.

Oblomov24 · 27/03/2024 04:56

No. Everyone seems to have forgotten. Resulting in 2 day bacs payments not being done yesterday. Not happy.

Deebee90 · 27/03/2024 03:17

Not all of us get bank holidays off so while it’s Easter I don’t care as I’ll be working it

HotChocWine · 27/03/2024 03:02

Some of us have to work

IloveAslan · 27/03/2024 02:34

CharlotteBog · 26/03/2024 23:49

Our group are international, only 3 of us in the UK, others are in Hong Kong, Germany, US, New Zealand, France and Singapore.

All the UK staff know it's Easter. The rest are informed via the "who's in the office this week" email which the team administrator sends round every week.

It's interesting seeing all the different holidays pop up week to week.

I hope the people in NZ will know, given that Friday and Monday are public holidays here, and shops will mostly be shut on Friday and Sunday 😅

IloveAslan · 27/03/2024 02:29

I no longer work, and even I know it's Easter this weekend. In all my working life I never encountered anyone who didn't know it was Easter at the correct time.

Maddy70 · 27/03/2024 02:24

Some people are off some people are working. I live in a resort so this weekend will be packed

LilMsLurker · 27/03/2024 01:56

Myself and my colleagues are all very aware.

I work in leisure. None of us have those days off unless they are our usual days off. Every attraction we operate in will be busy.

But the guests never seem to appreciate that it is a Bank Holiday weekend for everyone else. We always get complaints that it is busy, queues too long, not enough parking or seats in the cafe... as if every school and a lot of businesses being closed wouldn't mean that lots of people all want to go for days out. Every year we have to explain Bank Holidays (and polling day, school strike days or anything that causes all/most schools to be off).

The fun ones, in some attractions near Jewish Schools, are the Jewish holidays. Those schools are closed but others are not. We always get some confused parents who remark they didn't think it would be busy because most schools are open... and then their kid points out that the 300 other kids present are all in the same schools 🤣

Computercalendar · 27/03/2024 01:34

I only find out a couple of days ago. I work on the weekends so I don't really take note of public holidays . I have take this Sunday off for my nephews birthday not realising it's Easter. I don't think many people in the uk really celebrate Easter expect if you're Christian.

ChewbaccasMrs · 27/03/2024 00:32

I didn't realise till my DH told me today and what makes it worse is our DGS and our DD are coming to see us for the week starting from the bank holiday and I thought I had another week 😶.

But in my defence I'd been on bedrest because I'm a fool and managed to damage my back,so it's felt like Christmas does to me where I have no idea what day it is or what the date is 😁.

DigitalDust · 26/03/2024 23:56

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:38

And no, I don't love my job! It's stressful, under-resourced, unappreciated, under-valued and much too pressurised. Is that ok with you?????!!

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i am confused why you seem to be reacting like that to my post? I meant that the people who love their jobs are the ones who don’t realise it’s a bank holiday.

Why would I be ok or not ok with your job? I don’t think I know you?

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:53

I'm public sector. We get an email informing us of our bank holidays every year but they don't really change. I don't know why some posters have been arseholes about it?

CharlotteBog · 26/03/2024 23:49

Our group are international, only 3 of us in the UK, others are in Hong Kong, Germany, US, New Zealand, France and Singapore.

All the UK staff know it's Easter. The rest are informed via the "who's in the office this week" email which the team administrator sends round every week.

It's interesting seeing all the different holidays pop up week to week.

JudgeJ · 26/03/2024 23:47

Londonrach1 · 26/03/2024 20:46

It's come around too early this year

Look in the sky at the full moon, the 21st being last week, that's why it's so early.

Notateacheranymore · 26/03/2024 23:46

I work for a co that only closes 25th Dec.

Jaxhog · 26/03/2024 23:45

I think people without children at home could have been caught out.

But how many people know the clocks go forward on Sunday?

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:42

Jesus Christ, some of you could start a row in an empty room!!!!

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:42

Tryingtokeepgoing · 26/03/2024 23:04

That’s a bit blinkered…there are plenty of organisations that operate every day of the year and just add the 8 Bank holidays to the 25 / 28 or whatever days contractual holiday. There are times in the past I’d much rather have had the flexibility to take 38 days when I chose, not have 8 fixed for me.

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It's not "blinkered" at all! Some of us don't have any choice in the matter but are grateful to get a day off to spend with our loved ones!

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