Working During Christmas/New years

[Ralliart]

hey guys, who working during Christmas and New years,I've got Christmas and news years off but i have the choice of working on boxing Day which is 250%,

Thanks

[RapidBF]

I get Christmas Day off and don't have to start until midday on Boxing Day but that's it.

[S3SR]

i get 24th and 25th off first time in retail history, but we all must work every other day

good money i guess, otherwise its spent on drinks

[Ralliart]

Originally Posted by S3SR

i get 24th and 25th off first time in retail history, but we all must work every other day

good money i guess, otherwise its spent on drinks

same boat as me mate :

[irdonn]

Yep working Christmas, Boxing and New Years Day at 250% or 150% and day off.

[XCSEDAN]

i'd love to pick up some work somewhere just for that day.... anyone around my area need extra staff for chrissy day????? (Kangaroo ground, research, eltham, greensborough, wattle glen, hurstbridge, diamond creek anywhere withing 10mins of those suburbs is good)

[Kommandant]

Work every p/h except xmas day (even though I have to work till 6:30am on xmas day as I do nightshift)

While you're all out getting drunk for your holidays, spare a moment for all us security blokes who have to keep you all behaved.

[vztrt]

First time since I began any form of paid work do I have a break from work.

Mind you I go back on the 2nd of Jan but thats better then last yr where I opened a liquor store (second job at the time) on new years day at 9am.

[Kryton]

ive got myself 5 weeks annual leave over the holidays so for me, this is the first time ever where i dont have to work AND i still get paid.

[dom_105]

Working for 4 hours on Christmas Day (Servo).

Don't know the hours yet, find out this w/e, but I put in for 12am-4am or 4am-8am so I am hoping for either of the two.

[J_Tank]

Supermarket Management here... while I've got 25th/26th off I'm on call and It will definently not be enough to get over the insane10 days leading up to... WTF why do people go mad and act like the shops will be closed for a month? not that long ago they were closed on weekends and people still managed...

[Mechan1k]

This year I actually get Christmas Eve and Day off for a change.
I have worked them the previous 6 years straight.

I am working Boxing Day and all of New Years though (nights across new years too)

[StealthAu]

I'll be the only person working over christmas, I'm ment to have christmas/boxing day off but my guess is they will be good days for me to catch up. On the plus side I'm taking a few weeks off starting the 31st.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Originally Posted by davway

ive got myself 5 weeks annual leave over the holidays so for me, this is the first time ever where i dont have to work AND i still get paid.

Second year for me getting paid not to work over Chrissy. Work is closed from next Friday until after new years, although if I wanted I could go in as I have a key.

Might take a week annual leave late Feb/early March when all the kiddys have gone back to school but the weather's still nice.

[schnoods]

I got a steel fab piece work job to do on the 3 days off between on the 27, 28 ,29 to do at work.

Awesome pay as it is desparation, almost a months pay for 3 days work (if I pull my finger out).

[Interceptor]

getting christmas day, boxing day and new years eve/day off, the rest depends on how long it takes me to wire up a backhoe from scratch......

[charles_wif_xf]

I love being my own boss...holidays whenever I want.

[broken_suave]

Well I work 2 jobs, My day job is EEN/Diversional Therapist/Personal Care Worker at an aged care facility, and my night job is a cleaner at a shopping centre.

While luckily the centre is closed on Christmas day so I dont need to clean that night, I will be cleaning Christmas Eve and Boxing day (and the next 2 nights also).

In addition, I will be working every week day, except for thursday in the Special Care Unit, all of which will be EEN (Endorsed Enrolled Nurse) shifts, cause none of the other SCU nurses will come in that week.


So to reiterate what a few others have said: While you're all boozing it up and partying etc, spare a thought for some of us who will be looking after sick dementia patients and scrubbing shopping centre floors :P

*thinks* "Just think of the money, Lyndsay, just think of the money.."

[MITCHAY]

I'm working all Christmas week and have Christmas, Boxing, NY day off

I want to have about 2 weeks (3 weeks ideally) but don't know when to get it off.

[SirJuggsalot]

Ive got all the p/h off, inculding NYE which is also a p/h where I work, and also half day xmas eve.

My gf, however, is working xmas, boxing, and NY all at 250%.

[TheSneakiness]

I got 2 weeks off from next Friday.

But next week is gonna be hectic for us cause everyone wants their shed/carport up before Christmas, we're already scheduling stuff for February next year, with build dates until March/April.

[Interceptor]

actually, something that sucks is that im working on new years eve for a combined friends wedding/old time dance, the part that really sucks....... i'm going to be running the licensed bar...... so no drinking for me

[castek]

i work at a supermarket. closed on christmas day, but i'll have to go in for about 3 hours to get the store full and clean and tidy for boxing day.

we've already started to gain a whole heap of sales during this week. its ****ing me off, why do people forget how to drive around this time of year?

[Aeron]

I have worked every Christmas and New Years for the last 5 years. Because I worked for Woolworths I couldn't have time off at that time fo year.
But at my new job we close for 2 week over Christmas and New Years so for the first time in 5years I don't have to work. WOOHOO!!

[Walkinshaw]

20th-7th off yah. First annual leave in 23months

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by J_Tank

Supermarket Management here... while I've got 25th/26th off I'm on call and It will definently not be enough to get over the insane10 days leading up to... WTF why do people go mad and act like the shops will be closed for a month? not that long ago they were closed on weekends and people still managed...

Same here mate but my w/e is Sunday/Monday and Xmas day is tuesday so i managed to score sunday,monday tuesday and wednesday off. But will be working NY day i think

[hrdcor]

Some of xmas day off, but like kommandment said, spare a thought for the security guys keeping you lot in line....

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by vztrt

First time since I began any form of paid work do I have a break from work.

Mind you I go back on the 2nd of Jan but thats better then last yr where I opened a liquor store (second job at the time) on new years day at 9am.

Well it seems I'll be working on the 27-30th now so no break for me.

[AU2PWR]

I Work 10am till 2am Every day Xmas Day , Boxing Day , and ill be seeing in the new year on a Fork earning $87 an Hour ..

[benoxr]

Another Security sucker working xmas day/night, plus the 26th, 27, 28.
No extra pay whatsoever because I work on a salary (not weekly wage) :