Christmas holidays
 

Well its that time of year again,


break out the sherry and mince pies, :D:D,

sorry sod the mince pies break out the booze:lol1::lol1:

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 :luxhello::luxhello:

cant wait:D:D

Mart

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 feck 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.

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 :(

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

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

Same as above :D

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:(

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..

finish on the 20th or 21st, not entirely sure. I'll know Ive finished when Im drunk by 6pm :D 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 :D

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

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...

21st Dec to 3rd Jan :thumb:

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

Working the rest:mad:

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

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 :lol1: 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:freak3:

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

Isnt that the regualr 9-5 posters then? ;)

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

id kill for a 9-5 job

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

Finish Friday 21st :luxhello:, back in on the 2nd :cry:

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

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

Only the Bank Holidays.

two weeks :luxhello:

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

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 :D:D:D

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

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

Mart

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