Anyone Else Working on Thanksgiving?

[PeterPan09]

We're hearing a lot this year about the mean retailers who are forcing their employees to work on Thanksgiving. Well, I've been working on Thanksgiving for a couple years now, and I know a LOT of other people that will be as well.

We're having our family Thanksgiving today because it's when I'm not working. It's not a big deal to me, because it's the meal and the family that make the holiday.

So anyone joining me at work on Thursday?

 

[NMAmy]

Not this year but I have in the past. I used to love it because I made double time.

My mom was a dispatcher for a Sheriff's department. My ex was in the military and then was a cop. My nephew currently works for the water treatment plant and my BIL was a paramedic. Celebrating a holiday on a different day has never been a big deal in my family. We were always working around different schedules. I can recreate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter any day of the year!

 

[Jennasis]

I work every holiday....actually, I work every day! No days off for me.

 

[Mrs.Malone]

Amazingly not this year but we're a family of airline employees, military, security personnel, and so on so it's completely normal to have someone working on a holiday. We're used to it. Celebrating on a different day is no big deal to us.

 

[PeterPan09]

Actually, I'll work Thanksgiving because my family is local. I don't have to travel so it's easy to do it another day. I'd rather see someone have off that has family either coming from a distance or they are traveling.

If there was no demand for services on Thanksgiving, more people would be off. The fact is, people will travel, go out, they'll go to movies, theme parks and even shop on Thanksgiving so someone has to be there for them.

It would be nice if there was even one day a year when the majority of folks could be off-but that's just not the world we live in.

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

Me! $30 an hour makes for a good reason. We are having dinner at the MIL's early, then I'm off.

 

[kellyg403]

I have worked on Thanksgiving for 13 years. We have our thanksgiving on Friday. It works out. Like you, we don't mind arranging a 'day' around everyone's schedule. As long as we get together, we are happy. Double time doesn't hurt either thank goodness.

Kelly

 

[Conservative Hippie]

No, but when I worked retail I frequently worked the day before and the day after, and same with the day before and the day after Christmas. Our store (a bridal shop) was only closed three days a year - Easter, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

DH has had to work from home for a few Thanksgivings. I remember once he was telling his brother about how he had to be on call on Thanksgiving day, supporting the time clock system for WDW and DLR. His brother said "Well it's Thanksgiving Day so not too many people should be clocked in, right?"

 

[Polyluvr]

Both DH and I~ he has the night shift the night before and me 3-11; I'm a nurse and it's my holiday

So we are having ours on Friday

DH will take the kids to the Muppet Movie and make sure they don't mess up the house LOL

 

[Clio]

I'm working during the day on Thanksgiving and my daughter's working 8pm to 8 am starting Thanksgiving night into Black Friday. This is the first year I've had to work all day. It's usually 4 hrs. in the morning if at all but because the sales that night those of us that are woking during that day have full shifts. We celebrated Thanksgiving on Sunday because of this.
Liz

 

[FireDancer]

I'll be fixing my brother's laptop at my grandma's. Does that count?

While I was in college and working at a mortuary shipping company I volunteered to work on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. I could use the 2.5x pay we made on those holidays.

 

[Micca]

I'm working all day Thursday, but it's no big deal since I work from home
It will be a slow day, so I'll be available for frequent taste tests of dishes-in-progress for our dinner.

 

[jen0610]

I don't but DH will be working from 6 pm to 6 am. He's pulled the security duty at the car dealership. He's not looking forward to sitting in a car for 12 hours, but like he said for time and a half, he's not going to complain. It completly changed up our dinner plans, but oh well you do what you gotta do.

 

[maslex]

I'm working in the morning until about 2pm.

I'm a school bus driver (so technically we have off, but with NO pay ) so when our high school has an "away" football game, I usually drive for that to cover a few hours of pay.

 

[krcit]

DH is off but has worked many holidays(cop) I hate that all these stores are opening but people will shop so they will continue to open.

 

[Zandy595]

DH (sheriff's officer) works every holiday, unless it falls on one of his rotating days off (doesn't happen often). He will be working Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

[Plannin'Shannon]

My boyfriend and I are both working. Opposite hours, too. I'm working 4am to noon, he's working 4pm to midnight. I'll be going to my mom's as soon as I finish for Thanksgiving dinner, just the two of us. My boyfriend and I are doing our own Thanksgiving re-do on Sunday.

 

[Lucille1963]

I'm working Thanksgiving! Rich people's dishes don't wash themselves!

The money I make by on TG generally covers what my family spends on Christmas.

 

[TinkPirateMom]

Luckily, DH and I have off on Thanksgiving but we both have to work on Christmas Eve this year and he has to work on Christmas day too. I am bummed about that.

 

[tvguy]

32nd consecutive Thanksgiving I've worked, 34th for my wife.
Drove my late MIL nuts, never understood we don't get holidays off (unless we schedule vacation time then).

My mom was a nurse, so I grew up with one parent working most holidays.