I remember when stores here were only opened to 6:00 PM Mondays to Thursdays, to 7:00 PM on Fridays and noon on Saturdays. Stores were all closed on Sundays and public holidays (New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1st), Pentecost Monday, June 17th (Independence Day), Bank Holiday (first Monday of August), Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26), as well as half-day closing on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve). It didn’t cause any problems at all. Everybody knew about it and was used to it, so everybody knew to prepare for the times stores would be closed. Today, stores are open 24/7, with some not even closing for the biggest holidays, and if they close for any reason, people complain.
If you close your store on Sundays and real Holidays, open during the week 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, you reduce the amount of folks you have the hire, they get time off, you utility bill goes down and if you time to clean the place. I see these huge walmarts and others open 24/7 with no customers. Dumb.
Try being a nurse in a hospital or nursing home. We are required to work 365 days a year and most places make you take your regular days off except requiring you to work holidays because they would be “short handed.”
The Big Boy restaurant, where I worked 1965-1977, was only closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. People would come in on other Holidays, or even Christmas Eve, and say, “It’s a shame you have to work today/tonight.” It took all my strength to not say," If PEOPLE didn’t come in (on the holiday)n we would not stay open!"
Of course when the place is closed for those “holidays” the employees are NOT paid time off. Therefore your paycheck goes down that week. My husband has never worked a truly “hourly” job. He was active duty for 20+ years and has been a D.A. civilian for 15 years. Yeah his LES shows an hourly pay, but he is actually closer to a salaried position. People like him think because they get paid whether they work or not that everyone does. Some think holiday pay is mandatory. Nope. The few places that offer it are doing it because it is good for morale. My mom worked at Walmart for a bit (she was a waitress for 35 years prior) and they paid a dollar an hour extra for Sundays. I hope they paid that for other days of the week if that was your faith’s Sabbath. A Jew working on Saturday was already breaking their Sabbath, so hopefully they were reimbursed as well as their Christian counterparts.
Doctor Toon almost 3 years ago
The company that I work for leaves it to individual store managers whether or not their store is open on Christmas
Our store chooses to close for the day, almost surprises me
The stores that are open always want help, and at time and a half there are people who want to work
Purple People Eater almost 3 years ago
I remember when stores here were only opened to 6:00 PM Mondays to Thursdays, to 7:00 PM on Fridays and noon on Saturdays. Stores were all closed on Sundays and public holidays (New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1st), Pentecost Monday, June 17th (Independence Day), Bank Holiday (first Monday of August), Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26), as well as half-day closing on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve). It didn’t cause any problems at all. Everybody knew about it and was used to it, so everybody knew to prepare for the times stores would be closed. Today, stores are open 24/7, with some not even closing for the biggest holidays, and if they close for any reason, people complain.
hk Premium Member almost 3 years ago
If you close your store on Sundays and real Holidays, open during the week 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, you reduce the amount of folks you have the hire, they get time off, you utility bill goes down and if you time to clean the place. I see these huge walmarts and others open 24/7 with no customers. Dumb.
John Lamb Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Try being a nurse in a hospital or nursing home. We are required to work 365 days a year and most places make you take your regular days off except requiring you to work holidays because they would be “short handed.”
christelisbetty almost 3 years ago
The Big Boy restaurant, where I worked 1965-1977, was only closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. People would come in on other Holidays, or even Christmas Eve, and say, “It’s a shame you have to work today/tonight.” It took all my strength to not say," If PEOPLE didn’t come in (on the holiday)n we would not stay open!"
felinefan55 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Of course when the place is closed for those “holidays” the employees are NOT paid time off. Therefore your paycheck goes down that week. My husband has never worked a truly “hourly” job. He was active duty for 20+ years and has been a D.A. civilian for 15 years. Yeah his LES shows an hourly pay, but he is actually closer to a salaried position. People like him think because they get paid whether they work or not that everyone does. Some think holiday pay is mandatory. Nope. The few places that offer it are doing it because it is good for morale. My mom worked at Walmart for a bit (she was a waitress for 35 years prior) and they paid a dollar an hour extra for Sundays. I hope they paid that for other days of the week if that was your faith’s Sabbath. A Jew working on Saturday was already breaking their Sabbath, so hopefully they were reimbursed as well as their Christian counterparts.
aussie399 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Love the superwoman pose. Up, up and away