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xmas74

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13. In dispatch we received double time

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 01:27 PM

Nov 2013

and the owners of a couple of restaurants in town would cook for us (the owners, not the staff) and drop off the massive meals the night before as a thank you for our service. (Everyone remembers police and fire, sometimes EMS but never dispatch). In mental health I was an employee of the state so I received holiday time, which was a paid day off at a later date. We always had a huge potluck in the office on holidays too.

I worked in a gas station one year on Christmas-no holiday pay, no thank you, not even a single break during the shift. Minimum wage all day long.

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Nice change: some merchants advertise they will be CLOSED Thanksgiving [View all] question everything Nov 2013 OP

Actually, merchants have been doing that for sometime, even before this insanity of some companies lostincalifornia Nov 2013 #1

Good. jsr Nov 2013 #2

As a worker who has "sacrificed" being with family and friends for many years to keep the things Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #3

I am sorry to hear that as a low wage retail worked you have had to sacrifice your holidays. etherealtruth Nov 2013 #4

I had to do it when working in 9-1-1 and in mental health. xmas74 Nov 2013 #5

Same here working in Group Home HockeyMom Nov 2013 #7

In most states, they'll be paid straight time. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #9

My daughter was paid overtime working on Thanksgiving HockeyMom Nov 2013 #11

You said the "U" word. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #12

In dispatch we received double time xmas74 Nov 2013 #13

I'm having Deja Vu all over again. FredStembottom Nov 2013 #6

Chick Fil-A is closed on Sundays HockeyMom Nov 2013 #8

Publix is closed too HockeyMom Nov 2013 #10