RE: Christmas Surprise--Company Closed for 2 Weeks

["Van Boening, Tammy" <Tammy -dot- VanBoening -at- chartercom -dot- com>]

Oh yea - going through the same thing myself. Two solid weeks and I too
was not informed until I tracked down the recruiter at the agency that
placed me and he "swore he thought that he had brought this to my
attention." Yea, right - I think I woulda' remembered that. And overtime
is not an option as it's 40 hrs/week only.  Budget time to the max.

TVB


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Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:00 AM
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Subject: Re: Christmas Surprise--Company Closed for 2 Weeks

I've found that nearly all Federal agencies and contractors close  down
for 
at least a week during the holidays. In some places, state agencies do
the 
same. They do this because they have so many employees taking vacation
around 
Christmas and New Years that they couldn't function if they tried to
stay  open. 
 
You're right that it was unprofessional of them not to tell you sooner,
but  
it is equally your responsibility to manage your holiday expectations.
Mark 
this  one as a lesson learned and try to enjoy the holidays despite the
further  
belt-tightening.
 
Happy Holidays.
 
Arroxane
 
 
In a message dated 11/25/2008 12:37:22 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com writes:

I  started a W2 contracting job a few months ago. The agency is out of
state, 
but  the job is local. At that time, I was given a list of holidays,
etc.

Now, I got a little surprise--I found out the company shuts down  for 2
weeks 
during Christmas.I'm so frustrated since I only figured  (financially)
on 3 
days.

I know there's not much I can do about it, but  I am pretty upset with
the 
agency for waiting so long to tell me and not  revealing this upfront.

Has anyone else experienced  this?




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