Page 7 | Do your work colleagues actually know it's Easter this weekend and that Friday and Monday are Bank Holidays?

cakeorwine · 2024-03-26T19:50:40+00:00

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.

SarahAndQuack · 26/03/2024 20:46

shoppingshamed · 26/03/2024 20:42

Which retail is open on Easter Sunday? Aee you in England?

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Small shops/businesses are allowed to be open on Easter Sunday. For many of them it is an important business day.

snoopyfanaccountant · 26/03/2024 20:43

I think what confuses things is that for those of us in Scotland, a bank holiday doesn't always equate to a public holiday; it just means that the banks are shut. The August bank holiday (whether it's the first Monday in August as listed by the Scottish government or the last Monday when the banks actually close) and St Andrews day are normal working days for the majority of the population (some council areas take St Andrews Day as a holiday but only a few).

shoppingshamed · 26/03/2024 20:42

PatFussy · 26/03/2024 20:37

I forgot but I'm in retail so normal weekend for me.

Which retail is open on Easter Sunday? Aee you in England?

Sagarmatha · 26/03/2024 20:40

Don't forget clocks go forward this weekend too!

FlabMonsterIsDietingAgain · 26/03/2024 20:39

No, but that's because the majority of my colleagues are in the US and it's not a public holiday so I have to keep reminding them I'm not available Friday and Monday, I've put it in my signature and I've blocked out my calendar. Still getting meeting invites though 😂

JazzTheDog · 26/03/2024 20:38

Also Aberdeenshire and have worked in offices, care and the NHS and never had Good Friday as a public holiday.

We do get Easter Monday as a holiday though.

Edited to add that I have a full patient list for Friday as it's just a normal working day for us.

easylikeasundaymorn · 26/03/2024 20:38

WickerMam · 26/03/2024 20:09

Depends where you are, maybe? Local to me, most office workers get bank holidays as "floating days" and hardly anyone takes Easter off, unless it coincides with time they would be taking off for school holidays anyway. Often, schools are even in on Easter Monday.

At work, we wouldn't think twice about arranging meetings on Easter friday/monday, and that goes for everywhere I have ever worked, including clients.

where do you live? I've never heard of a school being in on easter, and everywhere I've ever worked they are clear bank holidays that you can't book meetings over, because nobody will be there! this despite the workplace otherwise being completely flexible in terms of annual life, flexitime etc

PatFussy · 26/03/2024 20:37

I forgot but I'm in retail so normal weekend for me.

AyrshireTryer · 26/03/2024 20:32

Clocks going
forward.

vanillawaffle · 26/03/2024 20:27

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:21

And the clocks are changing 🥳

Oh! Thank you!!

WickerMam · 26/03/2024 20:26

Eminybob · 26/03/2024 20:20

Where are you?

I thought it was pretty standard in the UK for offices to close down over bank holidays? Certainly every where I've ever worked.

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Aberdeen. It's not even a bank holiday here on the Monday. And even the council had to add an extra day onto the school year at short notice just before Christmas as they forgot that teachers contractually need a day off on Easter Friday 😂, and they had originally planned to be in.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6291622/aberdeen-council-scrooge/

I have a 3-hour meeting on a client site on Friday. Totally normal here.

OkPedro · 26/03/2024 20:21

And the clocks are changing 🥳

Boopear · 26/03/2024 20:21

My poor US team mates don't get either off. I was😮!

Eminybob · 26/03/2024 20:20

WickerMam · 26/03/2024 20:09

Depends where you are, maybe? Local to me, most office workers get bank holidays as "floating days" and hardly anyone takes Easter off, unless it coincides with time they would be taking off for school holidays anyway. Often, schools are even in on Easter Monday.

At work, we wouldn't think twice about arranging meetings on Easter friday/monday, and that goes for everywhere I have ever worked, including clients.

Where are you?

I thought it was pretty standard in the UK for offices to close down over bank holidays? Certainly every where I've ever worked.

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cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 20:20

OddBoots · 26/03/2024 20:19

A few people in my office hadn't remembered, many also didn't know it is clock change over the weekend too.

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So I've just checked that as well!!

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Iwantitidontwantit · 26/03/2024 20:20

Absolutely know and try book it off every year, as get 10 consecutive days off, for 4 days annual leave

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cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 20:19

WickerMam · 26/03/2024 20:17

Yes - everywhere I have worked has added the days for bank holidays as extra annual leave, to be taken whenever.

It is because locally, we have lots of regional offices of companies based in England, but we are in Scotland so our bank holidays are often different. They can't force us to take English holidays, they don't want us all off when they are in, so the solution is to let everyone take the leave when they want. Suits me!

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That would suit me as well - I would much prefer the extra annual leave on top of my usual allowance to be taken whenever. '

I suppose one issue could be Christmas - when people do want to be off.

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OddBoots · 26/03/2024 20:19

A few people in my office hadn't remembered, many also didn't know it is clock change over the weekend too.

Eminybob · 26/03/2024 20:18

The Easter weekend is usually in the middle of the school break, and for us this year its at the beginning so even for those with kids its confusing this year I think.
I have just had to rearrange a few meetings on Friday for the week after next (as I'm off next week) and it's a pain because it's meetings I wanted boxed off before the end of the month, but it's too short notice to bring them forward.
My own fault but annoying

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cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 20:18

AgnesX · 26/03/2024 20:16

The operative word being bank holiday. It's generally business as usual for the high street.

Apart from anything else it doesn't feel any quieter, not like Christmas.

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I don't want to sound rude - but you agreed with a post that said that Good Friday is not a Bank Holiday in Scotland - and according to the Scottish Government, it is.

Businesses may still be open - but it is still an official Bank Holiday.

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vanillawaffle · 26/03/2024 20:17

I'm always tempted to go to the bank on a bank holiday

WickerMam · 26/03/2024 20:17

cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 20:12

Really?

It's a Bank Holiday.

It's in addition to annual leave.

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Yes - everywhere I have worked has added the days for bank holidays as extra annual leave, to be taken whenever.

It is because locally, we have lots of regional offices of companies based in England, but we are in Scotland so our bank holidays are often different. They can't force us to take English holidays, they don't want us all off when they are in, so the solution is to let everyone take the leave when they want. Suits me!

AgnesX · 26/03/2024 20:16

cakeorwine · 26/03/2024 20:10

I am not Scottish but the Scottish Government seem to think Good Friday is a Bank Holiday

Scottish bank holiday dates - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

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The operative word being bank holiday. It's generally business as usual for the high street.

Apart from anything else it doesn't feel any quieter, not like Christmas.

BashfulClam · 26/03/2024 20:15

HundredMilesAnHour · 26/03/2024 20:10

The Scottish govt disagrees with you - Good Friday IS a bank holiday in Scotland. It's Easter Monday that isn't.

https://www.mygov.scot/scotland-bank-holidays

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I disagree with lot of the what the Scottish Government say

mynameiscalypso · 26/03/2024 20:14

@HussellRobbs No, that's not what I said. Only my colleagues who have children seem to remember that it's Easter. Most of my team are childfree and two of them have tried to set up meetings on Friday today.