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Who Is Working United States Thanksgiving X? (2022 Edition)

Started by ZLoth, November 19, 2022, 09:11:24 AM

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ZLoth

It's that time of year again where someone asks "Who is working Thanksgiving Day?" Lets see here, we have the Original (2013), II (2014), III (2015), IV (2016), V (2017), VI (2018), VII (2019), Coronavirus (2020), and  IX (2021). It was created, once upon a time, because people were complaining that "the retailers were open and making the retail workers WORK", not realizing that other people were working as well during the United States Thanksgiving holiday. Plus, we have the following sports (All Times Eastern):

  • 12:30 PM - NFL on CBS: Buffalo Bills at Detroit Lions
  • 4:30 PM - NFL on FOX: NY Giants at Dallas Cowboys
  • 7:00 PM - NHL on NHL NET: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens
  • 8:20 PM - NFL on NBC: New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings
  • 10:30 PM - NFL on ESPN+: New York Rangers at Los Angeles Kings
  • 5 NCAA Mens Basketball Games
  • 4 NCAA Womens Basketball Games
  • 4 World Cup Games in Quatar including a 2:00 PM Game on FOX
  • No NBA Games
And, next year, there will be a FRIDAY NFL game on Amazon. Maybe then, the Jacksonville Jaguars can play on Thanksgiving.
I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems and call them "paychecks".


Rothman

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NWI_Irish96

My wife is a respiratory therapist at a hospital, so working on any Holiday is a possibility, but she's part-time, and as such she's allowed to determine her own availability, so she won't be working.

As a Federal employee I will be off as well, though the day after is not a holiday so I have to use a vacation day to be off that day.
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MikeTheActuary

I work on a Canadian schedule, so I had Canadian Thanksgiving off last month and this week is nothing special.

ZLoth

I'm a team lead for a small yet very specialized technical support team that works daylight hours from 8 AM-8 PM Eastern Time and on a On-Call basis from 8 PM-8 AM Eastern. Because of contractual obligations, we can't go on-call during daytime during holidays, but have to have a single person staffed. At least I'm the team lead that is willing to step forward and work Thanksgiving morning from 8 AM-2 PM, and again the following Sunday from 8 AM-2 PM. And, my Black Friday shopping is limited to components to build a new computer. That can be done online.

Oh, it gets worse. I intentionally scheduled Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, and New Years Day to be "double shifts", meaning that instead of working six hours, you work twelve hours. Guess who is taking his own medicine and working Christmas Day and New Years Day so that the rest of the team he manages can "enjoy" the day with the family?
I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is beauty?", because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems and call them "paychecks".

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KCRoadFan

I work at a Federal agency, so I have that day off as a holiday.

jeffandnicole

Not working on Thanksgiving. Will probably be let out early on Wednesday. Friday I work from hone; the financial markets close early and will probably close early then too.

skluth

When I was young, I worked a string of 9 out of 10 consecutive Thanksgivings. The one I missed was when my mom died and I had to fly back from Spain on a military transport. I'm retired now and haven't worked a Thanksgiving after 1987 except when I deployed to Iraq in 2008. But after working so many, Thanksgiving means Football more than anything else. I used to prefer working Black Friday in my office because it was so empty I got twice the work done compared to a normal day.

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algorerhythms

Quote from: MikeTheActuary on November 19, 2022, 09:29:42 AM
I work on a Canadian schedule, so I had Canadian Thanksgiving off last month and this week is nothing special.
Same here.

Scott5114

I'm "sorta" working–I work remotely as a contractor so I can't be compelled to appear at any given day or time. However, Thursday is usually the day we put in our weekly order from our vendor and Thanksgiving is no exception (in fact, it's the last day we can get orders in and have them delivered to our customers by Christmas). My duties are only tangentially involved in that part of the business, though, so I may pop online for a bit before or after dinner to provide an extra set of hands, as it were, if it's needed. But it's not what I'd consider "working" Thanksgiving the way I was forced to do when I was a casino floor attendant.
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Takumi

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hbelkins

Only if there is an emergency and I get pressed into duty.


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thspfc

I am. I wouldn't do anything out of the ordinary before ~1 PM anyways, so might as well work in the morning and take the time and a half.

TheHighwayMan3561

Nope. I might have to work a partial Wednesday depending on what didn't get done Mon/Tues, but otherwise I'm clear until Monday.
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kkt

Now that I think of it, throughout my career I never worked Thanksgiving day.  The Friday or Saturday after, on rare occassions.

GaryV

I'm not working on Thanksgiving, except doing the dishes at home. But then, I'm retired so I'm not working any day.  :-D

DandyDan

They have a volunteer shift at my job Thanksgiving night, but I will not be doing that. One of my now former coworkers volunteered, but managed to get fired after volunteering.
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tigerwings

No, on vacation this week.

I work for a telecom provider. Have worked several over the years. Was scheduled off last year but got called out at 8pm last year for issue.

hotdogPi

I work from home on my own schedule. I don't know yet, and may not decide until I clock in that day.
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CNGL-Leudimin

After four editions created by someone outside the USA (me), I see the 10th anniversary special has been opened by the original creator :sombrero:

Now that I finally have a decent job, although part-time (I hope this becomes full-time soon), my answer is of course yes (normal working day in Spain). However I now have coworkers in the USA, so they will have the day off.
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