If you haven't already finished work for a Christmas break when does it start for you and when are you back in??
I was looking at finishing today and returning to the office on 4th Jan, but I've been advised by the boss not to come back until the 9th Jan, as he isn't due to his kids being off until then. 🙂
Nice little extra weeks paid holiday... thank you very much
Carlos
Finish tomorrow but back in Wed, Thurs and Friday next week. Could be worse.
Last weekend in October.
Back in at the end of March.
In about 32 minutes and not back till the 9th
Officially, 12:00 tomorrow, back on the 3rd.
The winding down started at 9:00 Monday morning.
I don't finish till Friday, but am shirking from home today and tomorrow. I to am not back till the 9th.
Midnight tonight. Back on Jan 10th. Just trying to compose an out of office message that touches but doesn't cross the line of unprofessionalism.
I'll finish tomorrow and then back Tuesday. Seems to be lots of lazy lumps about. 😀
Before you ask, I'm only posting on here because it's brew time.
About Midnight Xmas eve, then back in on 27th. The joys of working in a pub.
60 mins 🙂
I'm on til whenever we all lose our shit tomorrow, probably mid afternoon... But then off til the 4th of January so that's OK
5pm tomorrow. back in on Wednesday 28th.
11am tomorrow.
They open the social club at work at 1230 tomorrow, £1.80 a pint, it'll be carnage. Thankfully I have the wee yin to pick up from school at 1430, so have a great excuse not to make an arse of myself, and be dying on xmas eve.....
....aye, only in the Shire..... 🙂They open the social club at work at 1230 tomorrow, £1.80 a pint, it'll be carnage.
Sometime tomorrow between 2 and 5pm. Off until thursday, planning to be drunk most of thurdsay and friday.
Business as usual from the 2nd. (I work in insurance so being drunk is also business as usual)
Finish 8pm sat. Back in 8am Monday. Christmas day is just the day off (retail sucks at this time off year). At least I am not working on Christmas day like some others are.
Iain, I'm sure where you live in the Scottish midlands would still have such fine establishments, if it wasn't such a post industrial wasteland...
Life sciences sector booming in the Shire!.
about 20 mins at this rate.....i am struggling to stay on target
Just about.... now!
5pm tomorrow. Could easily finish now though as the phone has hardly rung all week.
Return 8am on 3rd.
10pm Christmas Eve. Back in 9am on 26th.
Being the boss and being a Scrooge comes back to bite me in the ass
9pm tomorrow night ... Full day on Wall St. 🙁
I'm not doing boxing day (tuesday) which the yanks don't celebrate and again Wall St open all day.... but sometimes its good to do that one... when we, as a family, are due around the MIL's 😈
Yesterday till 4th - work for myself, so get to choose, as the job I'm on can wait
18.15 on Christmas Eve. Back in on 30th
Finish tomorrow at 5pm.
Back in Weds, Off Thurs (booked Holiday) back in Friday and back to work on the following Tues.
My Wife is pretty much working every day I'm not because we can't get childcare over Xmas. Although she's not working Xmas Day which is a plus for us.
I'd moan, I don't have much to do between Xmas and New Year, but as I have to take it as Holidays I'd rather use them in Summer.
Last Friday, and back on the 3rd.
Just need to shift this effing cold and I'll go for a ride 🙁
I thought I finished last week - turns out I'm actually finishing tomorrow.... maybe - I'll find out then whether I've got work I need to do over xmas/new year or not. Hopefully not.
no wonder, it's like a micro-chasm of Darwin experiments on inbreeding 🙂Life sciences sector booming in the Shire!
Off in about 30mins - work year 2016 will not be missed.
Back on the 4th.
Finish lunchtime tomorrow, back in on the 4th
Back in next week for a day (thank you Openreach) but off tomorrow lunchtime.
no wonder, it's like a micro-chasm of Darwin experiments on inbreeding
Says the farmer boy!
Bregante - Member
Finish tomorrow but back in Wed, Thurs and Friday next week. Could be worse.
Same as Bregante. Service industry here. Lowest of the low.
Finished earlier today. Back on the 4th
Lunch time today, off till the 3rd. The missus will finish at about 8pm on the 25th.
3:30pm ish tomorrow, been winding down since August though 🙂
Back on Tuesday, early finish on Friday again, back on Monday then off Thursday/Friday.
Plan on riding tomorrow as will be nice to ride in daylight for about 15 minutes, then again Babs may put a damper on that plan.
Don't know. Was meant to be 0900 Xmas eve but looks to be 12 hours later now. Not 100% sure I'll be back for Xmas. Second year in a row!
Merry Christmas to you all and stay safe!
Finished today - as in [b]retired[/b] 😀
Been working 2 days per week since June but the full retirement is definitely the way to go.
Mrs Fruitbat also retired yesterday 😀
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I was about to say 15 minutes.
Tomorrow lunch time till the 9th
Term time contract - finished last Friday, couple of days leave to cover inset days means I go back 4th January.
Pleasant morning catching up with relatives, pleasant afternoon pootling round the blue at Hicks Lodge while LittleMissMC tested the cheap GoProalike that her uncle got her for her birthday on Tuesday.
Apparently I'm meant to be organising some sort of feast and gift giving celebration at the weekend while I'm off, but **** that, it was a beautiful sunny day and the kids wanted to go riding!
Last Friday 🙂
I finished Nov 4th, due to go back Jan 9th..
Been ace 😀
Continental shifts. 🙄
I've got tomorrow and Saturday dayshifts (6-6), next Wednesday and Thursday nights (6-6), back in on 12hr days on the 2nd.
It could've been worse. 😕
Supposed to be tomorrow lunch but came home early today feeling rubbish. Don't think I'll bother going in tomorrow just to send everyone home early, they're quite capable of doing that without me.
fruitbat - Member
Finished today - as in retiredBeen working 2 days per week since June but the full retirement is definitely the way to go.
Mrs Fruitbat also retired yesterday
Awesome. Congratulations to both of you.
About 1hr & 10 minutes ago!
2.30am tonight and I've volunteered to go in on Boxing day if necessary.
Just got to the pub - so now.
Yes I am posting this from the pub - I'm locked out my brother I laws house for an hour so passing the time over a pint...
Oh and fruitbat - you win!
I was looking at having just the bank holiday days off, but the powers that be seem to have changed their minds and stood down all agency teams from tomorrow until Jan 3.
While I don't get holiday pay until legislation changes next March, I'm looking forward to having and extended period off, first since last Christmas.
😀
Finish 9pm Xmas eve. Back 6:30am 1st Jan. An improvement on the last few years where I worked on Xmas day and between Xmas and New Year.
Congrats Fruitbat.Enjoy your retiral.
Around lunch time on 24th
Working 19.00 to 0700 Christmas Night but then off until 10 Jan.
In about 2 minutes time.
Oh and fruitbat - you win!
Yay - more time to enjoy our retirement presents:
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Finished last Friday 16th back on the 3rd January only because I had shed loads of holiday to use up due to a shite summer with staff off sick/sacked
9.30pm on Christmas Day. Scrooge hat and humbugs already in bag.
Finished at noon today,back in for a 4hr shift on the 30th then off for another 4.
Right through until 29th, fly off the ship and then home from Guyana, arrive afternoon of the 30th, as long as all the connections work. 😮
I'll finish when I get all the necessary work done on Xmas day, hopefully no more than 5 hours starting at 8am, then cover the rest of the day until 8am boxing day on call. Back in on 28th.
Next year the only day I get off is Xmas day, but I'm hoping to get the whole two weeks off the year after (2018.) Daughter will be 2 and a half then so she should be well excited by it all.
Finish about 4:15pm Friday 23rd unless they send us home early; back on Thursday 29th. Contractor. No work = no pay
richard happy trade off that 2018 will be making memories , sorry john always love the contractors annology of no work is no pay when they are normally working alongside a core worker who gets holidays but is only on half their hourly pay in the field i am in!!
I finish at 0700hrs on Christmas Eve. I'm working a night shift now (22nd-23rd) and another tomorrow night. I'll head home for a few hours kip, then jump on the bike and ride across to my parent's house (about 24 miles) which should blow the cobwebs away.
Not back in work until early shifts starting on NYE.
5pm today (Fri), although I'm still finishing Thursdays late shift which has over run a bit. Back in Xmas day at 5pm. It is, what it is, but have a lovely Christmas all 🙂
**** work! till the 4th! 🙂
So only me and flaperon working Xmas day?
0730-2000
I've got boxing day off
Working new years eve and day as well.
Thank you nursing. :-/
October 28th
Was meant to be 1545 yesterday but a kid split his head open an I was first aid cover so got home 1900. Not back until 9th Jan. Mrs has the weekend off which means she'll be in on Monday investigating the Christmas beatings and rapes.
Sadly on 12 hour days Sat and Sun, so leaving family with the in laws and heading home on my lonesome later today. Got Boxing Day off before nightshift though, so should be able to get out in the fells.
1300 today, back on the 3rd
I don't really, I'm the on-call engineer this weekend! Christmas drinking starts on Boxing Day and back to work on the 28th Dec for 3 days.
This is the least festive I have ever felt!
I'll finish about 10pm tonight,back in Boxing Day.
This year I've got DEC 24/25 & DEC 31/JAN 1 off.
Some years I only get DEC 25th off,so this year I've dropped lucky.
Supermarket trucking sucks in December... 🙄
Lunchtime today. Xmas toons blaring across (a large empty) office.
Back on the 3rd jan
Just waiting to be told we can go..
Contracting, so paid per day, so not that upset to be in today.