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mcgarnikle t1_j20grcq wrote

This is one that can be very dependent on work. I work at a library and we're dead on most holidays when kids don't have school and families are getting together.

My best friend is an accountant at a casino. They're forbidden from even asking for time off around holidays like New Years, normally they have mandatory overtime.

Still good advice if it applies to you.

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Zintozda t1_j22epj8 wrote

Hello fellow library employee! It has been so slow for us during December as well. That will all change during the Summer Reading Program though.

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Mission_Iron9774 t1_j22l2fr wrote

This is good advice. If you go on a travel vacation that doesn't involve a big vacation, it will be cheaper and fewer people will travel. Less pain overall

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dmartian523 t1_j240jlz wrote

Are you projecting out into June/July? Or do you live in one of those strange places that does the weather all backwards

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kfpswf t1_j238vz9 wrote

Yeah, try being the IT support for a retailer during holiday season when 40% of all yearly transactions take place. The entire holiday season was crunch time.

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Tupcek t1_j23kuih wrote

what kind of retail, may I ask?

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kfpswf t1_j23lhd1 wrote

Believe it or not, pharmacy retail. And yes, holiday season was their biggest.

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Tupcek t1_j23lmsw wrote

interesting, never thought that people don’t need pharmacy products whole year round.
In grocery, it is maybe +10% of normal month, nothing too exciting

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kfpswf t1_j23lv4p wrote

Well, to be fair, it wasn't just pharmaceuticals, but also had health devices and other assortment. A lot of people buy health devices for their near and dear ones I suppose.

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OreJen t1_j23okxr wrote

Plus if they have FSA funds left they want to use them before the year ends

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ovinam t1_j22l1fi wrote

Office jobs

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Wow00woW t1_j22v2r6 wrote

accountants have offices and some librarians do as well

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Luftmensch11 t1_j23c0o6 wrote

Yup, can confirm. I am a librarian who works in an office.

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Ok-disaster2022 t1_j23uaqm wrote

International IT industry is great. Other countries shut down anything except emergency work the last two weeks, and clients generally aren't that demanding since no ones in the office. Since we can't put in work orders and were not taking work orders it's pretty great.

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DraciAmatum t1_j24j331 wrote

This. I work an office job with a lot of Americans overseas, and last year at Christmas I was the only one in the office. It could have been slow, but thanks to the nature of the work we had several emergencies in that time period that I was handling solo.

THEN, they all got Omicron at their Christmas and New Years gatherings and were stranded back in the States for a few more weeks while I got pummeled with work. That's (I hope) a less likely situation in future years, but my holidays last year were a mess.

At least it earned me a stellar yearly review.

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