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

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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.

Only if they have children really.

Yep it totally hasn’t registered with some people. My DH for one plus colleagues. It’s tiresome having to explain that no I won’t be working that day.

Yes, abstractly, but it's crept up on us in a "Oh is it the end of March already" way.

People forget. I have kids but I was still trying to book someone in on Friday at work. They had to remind me.

Yes of course they know. It's Easter and we live in a Christian country so they know about Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Its taught in school.

Well as a carer, we all know its bank holidays, no management around

Yes but we have to work so it doesn't count.

This weekend?

That's the OP

It varies - and it's early this year

I think the early Easter has confused everyone.

It’s earlier this year than it has been in a while, which has thrown people out I think.

How can they not know? I teach international students .. they know.

Yeah but only in relation to the things that need doing before tax year end in an oh..that's two less days...way

From the amount of chocolate eggs around in the office I imagine most of them know,

My sons big now so no childcare needed and I only realised when my colleague told me. Not religious at all.

Given we are trying to fit 5 days worth of work into 4, everyone knows.

It is only since about Monday that I full started working to, "Everything needs to be finished by Thursday, not Friday this week" Until then I was still mentally scheduling things for Friday, or even Monday

I ‘know’ but doesn’t stop me saying, let’s do that in the meeting on Friday, or to the kids, at school on Friday etc, only to remember when I look in the calendar or the kids say but we’re not there Friday.

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.😁

So big that he doesn't go to school?

Good Friday is not a Bank Holiday in Scotland.

Ha ha ha noooooo I’d there is a bs k holiday that I get off then I bloody know about it. No kids just like a day off!

It is, Easter Monday isn’t

I work in financial services for UK based industry so yes all are aware of bank holiday dates and the impacts it has in our work, also coming up to tax year end so the workload has been insane last few weeks and this week already seems such easier.

Previously worked in an international stockbrokers and we worked bank holidays on a rota or voluntary due to international differences but it was harder there to "remember" because they just didn't register the same when it was never a given you had any of them off...

Isn't it?

UK bank holidays - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

No it’s Good Friday that isn’t, I’ve had two jobs with Scottish bank holidays and had to work Good Friday. Now I’m in a role that mirrors our English office so get both.