mart360

Well its that time of year again,


break out the sherry and mince pies, ,

sorry sod the mince pies break out the booze

how long are you all going to be off for chrimbo? or not??


I finish this Thursday although i have some odd hours to fit in here and there, and go back on the 21st of January

cant wait

Mart

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Well after a grand total of 15 days off this year, mainly for Dentists, building work and the kids school type commitments its time for a couple of weeks of doing **** all, finish my contract 21/12 and start back as a permanent member of staff on 07/01/2008, oh well contracting was nice whilst it lasted !

Will be itching to go back after three days of the kids.

jods

My contract finishes 24 Dec. Not been told how long / if any, extension is to be offered up yet - hence small gift fund this year

speye91

Finish 22nd,back to work,27th,28th and 31st,then off till 7th Jan.

Lee247

Finish on the 19th, not back until the 3rd

speedymonkey

Same as above

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

working up until 6am xmas eve. 24th off, 25th off, back 26th and 27th. off 28th and 29th, back 30th, off 31st, back 1st, 2nd 3rd bla bla bla on nights.

4 days off in total. yey

fitzscoob

I finish on the 21st afternoon for a drink with the staff, then I am off until the 30th where I get on the eurostar to spend new years in Brussels.

I'll be back on the 7th!

Cant wait..

davegtt

finish on the 20th or 21st, not entirely sure. I'll know Ive finished when Im drunk by 6pm Supposed to be back in on the 2nd but as thats my b'day I'll be booking it off for drinking time and the 3rd for recovery time

Brun

What the hell do you do for all that time off...... any jobs going?

Kit B

mmmm.
Start early shifts ( 7 til 4) on Sat 22nd.. Finish at 3pm Christmas day... Working Boxing day at footie in Edinburgh( overtime ).
Off for a day , start nightshift on Fri 28th ,then working rght through til 4am New years day.... Off New years day tho...

tmo

21st Dec to 3rd Jan

richiewong

I've managed to get Christmas Eve off this year woo hoo

Working the rest

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

finish on friday 21st, go back on the 2nd. 11 day break, not too bad!

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

people will notice a pattern emerging here.

those in i.t. sort of jobs get nice long breaks over xmas, bonuses etc, while the less intelligent like me, get to work over xmas in (my example) a crappy warehouse so we can deliver to shops that open for 15 minutes on xmas day.

oh the joy

p.s. thats not jealousy (ok just a little) but more of an observation.

davegtt

Isnt that the regualr 9-5 posters then?

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

ah..... whereas i post 24 hrs a day

id kill for a 9-5 job

Graz

Yep you're right! Can't even come in between Christmas and New Year if I wanted to as they close our place down

Finish Friday 21st , back in on the 2nd

No fat bonus though, company is too stingy for that, expect we'll get the usual £25 in Sainsburys vouchers

AsifScoob

Nice one Mart,

Why off so long?

I am already off at the moment, combo of annual leave, Paternity leave etc. Have left my job, so apart from a little appearance at the company Xmas do etc and some final tidying up at my desk, I do not start the new job until 2nd January.

Would like to booze, but wary of imminent arrival of baby and so on, maybe after?

Asif

SVXNUT

Only the Bank Holidays.

daddyscoob

two weeks

mart360

yes we do have roles going

drop me a pm for details.

We are having some major work done over christmas, hence the extended shutdown

Mart

mart360

we are having major works carried out over the shutdown, so have had to take an extended break, i also have 2 weeks holiday to factor into that as well, hence the long period of time

I finish this Thursday, but am going in on Friday for half a day, then were all out on our Christmas do

Monday will be my official last day, tidying up paperwork and bits and bobs

Mart

mart360

I,m neither in I.T or work 9-5

40 hour week on a 5-4 pattern, although we invariably work the second (off) friday, its these banked hours that have covered the break in January

Mart