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fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

What drives people to work during the holidays

Many office and remote workers continue working through Christmas–New Year's due to client demands, managerial behavior, time-sensitive tasks, and job-security fears.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Help! I Called Out a Business for Making Employees Work on a Holiday. I Was Mortified by Their Response.

The manager curtly pointed out that everyone there had specifically asked to work that day, and I realized that most of the employees either needed the paycheck (hourly workers aren't typically paid for national holidays if they don't work) or wanted to escape their various home situations. I left the coffee shop thoroughly embarrassed about my entitled assumption that everyone would want the day off and should be given the day off without having a say in the matter.
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