I have today, Monday the 21st, off of work.<\/p>\n
My employer gives everyone 11 holidays per year. Some days are pretty much guaranteed: We always get Memorial Day and Thanksgiving Day off. Other days vary. If Independence Day lands on a weekday, for example, we get it off, but otherwise they apportion the holiday elsewhere during the year.<\/p>\n
Lately they’ve been giving us off Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Which is today. To me, this seems like a waste. Like Presidents Day (which I will also receive as a paid holiday), there’s nothing to do today by way of the holiday itself. And while I am perfectly happy to get paid to not show up for work, I’d rather get paid to take off days when I have something going on, or on a day when there’s a pretty good chance I’ll have something going on.<\/p>\n
Here are some days that I don’t receive as paid holidays, but which would be preferable to today…<\/p>\n
-The Day after the Super Bowl<\/p>\n
I’m not a football fan by any means, but since everyone of my fellow countrymen and women are football fans, I think a lot of them would like the day off to sober up. Me too, actually, since I often get invited to their Super Bowl parties where they assure me I can “just watch the commercials,” which, more often than not, is complete bullshit since no one shuts up to let me hear the commercials. Oh well. Free food.<\/p>\n
-My Wedding Anniversary<\/p>\n
Yeah, so…obviously this day varies from employee to employee (if they’re even married), but a few years back, my employer offered one holiday as a floating holiday. Essentially, it was another vacation day. I liked that.<\/p>\n
-Halloween<\/p>\n
Here’s a holiday, unlike MLK Day and Presidents Day, when I – and most of my employees – actually do something. How about a day to get ready for the evening’s trick-or-treating?<\/p>\n
-Election Day<\/p>\n
This one seems so obvious, I can’t believe more employers don’t give their employees this day off. Of course, I suppose workers are likely to vote different from the company owners, so it probably behooves the powers that be to not give their employees the day off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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