Re: time off- christmas

[Nathan]

One more thought...Why do facilities feel the need to say no vacation during the holidays. It is not as if there is more work during the holidays than any other time of the year. Unlike the example of the Post Office used earlier, where their business goes up by several orders of magnitude at Xmas, what is the stress on the nursing home then? ----- Original Message ----- From: Corey Ali To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:14 PM Subject: Re: time off- christmas All of them.  Seriously, think about it.    The facility has to be staffed.  It does not need to have every body present, just the staff needed to do some activities, feed the patients (and - in good taste - the staff who have given up their happiness with their family and loved ones to be there!), and give physical care.  Therefore, there is almost never a reason not to rotate holidays if nothing else.  Also, there are usually staff who celebrate X-mas on the Eve, and those folks will usually willingly give up the X-mas day if they get the Eve off.  Or if they can work the evening shift.  The older ones whose kids are grown are often not so fussy about working the day, assuming they get another off.  The Jewish or other non-Christian workers will usually work X-mas and Easter and New Year's to get Rosh Hashannah and other holidays off.  I worked for a facility for 8 years, and no one ever worked two of the same holidays in a row unless they wanted to, and in all honesty, when you let the staff work it out among themselves, everyone pretty much traded what they wanted for without heat or rancor.  Common sense & courtesy is not only a good idea in the society, it's a great idea in the workplace.    Now, if we could just convince the work place!   Corey ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:52 AM Subject: Re: time off- christmas Nathan, with the financial situation of health care, what facility can afford that? Cindy   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.559 / Virus Database: 351 - Release Date: 1/7/2004