do you mind working on christmas ??

No, I don't mind at all. Christmas for me it's not about the day, the party, the celebration etc. Christmas is about the spirit of Jesus Christ teachings/gospel; it's to remind us to thank God that He has given His only child to save the world.

I would be pleased to be able to work on any day at all. In the past I have had several jobs which required me to work on Christmas day, weekends and other holidays too. My last permanent job was as a receptionist in an hotel and we all worked at some point on Christmas day every year. I also worked on the last day of the year too and my shift ended at midnight. I would always work an hour extra until 1 a.m so that my colleague who worked the night shift could celebrate the new year with friends and/or family. The following shift I would leave an hour earlier to make up for the extra hour.

I have no problem with working at Christmas, but I do want enough time off to celebrate as every one else does. I will be off work from Friday 21st until Thursday 27th, but even if I had been asked to work on those days it would be fine as long as I had enough time to visit family members.

It's good that we don't go to work on Christmas Day. It's our only holiday though. It's just a one-day holiday unlike others they have a week or more than a week. Oh my. Hope you'll enjoy Christmas at work. You don't have any choice after all.

I used to manage an engraving gift store when I was young and single. Christmas was always the busiest season for the store. I did not mind at all back then to work long hours up to Christmas and New Year eves as there were always those who ordered last minute gifts.

If I will have a choice I won't work on Christmas, but ... I am living and working in a buddhist country they have no Christmas. So.. what can I do? There's no threat on me, there's no neck breaking.. but i am here, I have chosen here, LOL I have to take it. I am not just working on Christmas day, I am also alone on this day.

Hi there, I'm in the States and I work on Christmas. My boss is a bit kinder than yours. We have a choice of working.If no one wanted to work,he would close the store...simple. I go in from 2pm until 10 pm so it gives me time with the family and all in the morning. I also get paid double time for working and the extra money is also very good. Do you at least get paid extra? Do you work for Walmart? They treat their workers like that too. They had to work on Thanksgiving or else lose their jobs because they started black Friday early. So many people got upset by this that they were picketing and protesting Walmart I just do my silent protest by just not shopping there.

I think I will definitely not mind. Although, Christmas is family bonding and a time to cherish our blessings that we received for the year. But we have also to think about our job that it needed us and that we have to follow company rules and policies.

I am greatfull that I have Christmas off. I hope they never change it. Our store is open year around on all the holidays except for the Christmas. We do have to work on Christmas Eve though and that I don't mind. But I'd rather be home for Christmas so I can spend time with my husband. I don't have other family here, but I'd rather not leave my husband alone on Christmas. The most important thing for me in Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus and also spending time with friends and family. And celebrating what happened to change our world.

I am so sorry about that. If I were put in the same situation, I would still choose to be home with my family. It is the time of year that we get to be together and I do not want to miss that chance.

Ohh that's so sad, some plan to spend time with family and friends during the celebration . I don't like to work on celebration day but if the company is very strict with it and have no choice then have to . As don't like to have heavy deduction in my salary.

sorry to here that.. i used to worked also during holidays and it is really sad to worked in that day when all your family members are having a good time and you are missing a lot of fun but you have a duty so be responsible and just think that there are a lot of days where you can still celebrate it with your family..

if my job is to help other people who might need my help, i wouldn't mind. christmas day is only one day anyways. we can celebrate christmas the next day or even earlier.

No, i dont mind working in christmas but i want a full holiday on 25th dec. but after that no problem in working and our office will also remain open as there is no holiday for the christmas week. India is not a christian country but a hindu country where hindu festivals are celebrated with much aplomb and people always work in christmas.

it is really very upsetting to receive such kind of memo. Imagine you have to work on Christmas! For people who consider Christmas an important occasion it is really depressing to go to work on that day. How could you ever enjoy celebrating Christmas in the office when you know your family are all gathered together and enjoying the food, the gifts and togetherness? Wahhhhh, I would not want that to happen to me. Never would I work in a company that requires employees to work even during Christmas Well, to some Christmas is no big deal so working during Christmas does not really matter at all. But to me, since it's the celebration of the birth of my Savior... it is to me the most important occasion of the year. I know Americans don't really celebrate Christmas as big as Thanksgiving Day so that is probably the reason why your American Employer requires you to work. But on the second thought...would it cost them that much to give considerations to those who would like to take a leave on that day?

I don't mind working on a Christmas day as long as my schedules falls on it co's means that my mind is set on doing that and for sure made plans for my holiday. What I would not like is when it's not on my schedule then suddenly I'm on it. I'm sorry to hear that sometimes admins or management don't really look on the welfare of their employees but rather on the loss they would suffer when their employees don't work.

I have worked most Christmas's and New Years the past 15 years - It does not bother me at all - However this year I have 24, 25, 26 of December off And I also have new years eve and new years day off

If everyone or at least 80%-90% of my colleagues, regardless of race, would work on Christmas then I won't mind. I guess the reason why your staff gets upset, aside from the fact that 30% in your office are Christians, is the fact that your co-workers in US will be on holidays while they are giving up your holidays which could mean sacrificing quality time with their families while their US co-workers enjoy theirs.