RE: 911:: How many of you have to work the holidays coming up?

[Guest guest]

Both Eves and Days off... :-)

And, as far as how many of them I've had off over the course of my career, I can

barely remember yesterday...

Bob

Land Shark

Dispatcher

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From: 911console on behalf of Dean

Sent: Sat 12/20/2008 8:36 AM

To: 911console

Subject: 911:: How many of you have to work the holidays coming up?

How many of you have to work the holidays coming up? For us, the labor agreement

gives us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day.

Last year was the first time in over 30 years that I was entirely off on both

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I had to go in on New Years Eve and New

Years Day. This year it is the opposite for me. We are on 12 hour shifts with me

working days, 7 to 7, except for a rare night. I had to work Thanksgiving Day

too, just as I have every year going back to 1975.

Rich Dean

NJ

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[Guest guest]

Work dayshift all 4 of those days.? New boss asked if it would be ok to do the

shift change a week early, and I told her no, I didn't sign up to work 12/31/08

graves.....??? 2009 I will get 12/25 as a regular day off.

911:: How many of you have to work the holidays coming up?

How many of you have to work the holidays coming up? For us, the labor

agreement gives us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day.

Last year was the first time in over 30 years that I was entirely off on both

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but I had to go in on New Years Eve and New

Years Day. This year it is the opposite for me. We are on 12 hour shifts

with me working days, 7 to 7, except for a rare night. I had to work

Thanksgiving Day too, just as I have every year going back to 1975.

Rich Dean

NJ

[Guest guest]

Back when I was working dispatch, I was single.. I worked when scheduled on

the holidays, and many times volunteered to work if someone with family

wanted off.. This was before they were strict on overtime.. No special pay

for working holidays back then and in you worked the holiday, you received a

" comp " day in return..

It worked well for me.. I saved the " comp " days, and would tie them with my

days off and be off three or four days at a time.

Weintraut

[Guest guest]

I have to work 2nd shift (3p-11p) on Christmas Eve.

7p-7a on Christmas Day (which is the most time off during the actual

" day " of Christmas Day I've had in 10 years).

I have to work 2nd shift New Years Eve and 3rd Shift New Years day.

I had to work 2nd shift Thanksgiving, and 3rd shift the night before -

so I really didn't have a Thanksgiving. In fact, I've pretty well worked

2nd shift every Thanksgiving for the past 10 years. Eventually, my

rotation will come around so I'll have a holiday off at some point.

Next year I have Christmas Eve off. I think I have Christmas Day off in

2010 (assuming my rotation stays the same).

--Kev

911:: How many of you have to work the holidays coming up?

How many of you have to work the holidays coming up? For us, the labor

agreement gives us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New

Years Day.

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

To: <911console >

> How many of you have to work the holidays coming up? For us, the labor

> agreement gives us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years

> Day.

What's a holiday? Holidays are some of the busiest times for us and I'm

understaffed, so I work most holidays. I'm single with no kids, so I

usually try to take the 0700-1500 shift on Christmas so other can do the

Christmas morning thing with their family (we only have one radio operator

on duty at a time).

SCEO Mac McCormick III

KF4LMT

Georgia State Patrol Post 42 Rincon

[Guest guest]

Hi all..... Yes I will be serving the public both Christmas Eve and Christmas

Day..... this is nothing new for me... I will be working days, 7-3, it

appears...normally I am off on Thursday and Friday.... but... we are soooooo

short handed this year.... turnover has been awful.... my regular shift if 3-11.

Just had my 10 year anniversary on the 7th ...wooo hooo......

I am very proud to be able to work... both for my agency and the public....I

have no children... so that gives others to be with their family.

I also worked Thanksgiving day and day after.....

I hope each of you...have a safe and Merry Christmas.....

Neshoba E911

To: 911console@...: richard_l_dean_07405@...: Sat, 20

Dec 2008 11:36:30 -0500Subject: 911:: How many of you have to work the holidays

coming up?

How many of you have to work the holidays coming up? For us, the labor agreement

gives us Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day.Last year

was the first time in over 30 years that I was entirely off on both Christmas

Eve and Christmas Day but I had to go in on New Years Eve and New Years Day.

This year it is the opposite for me. We are on 12 hour shifts with me working

days, 7 to 7, except for a rare night. I had to work Thanksgiving Day too, just

as I have every year going back to 1975.Rich Dean NJPlease try these other

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[Guest guest]

The most memorable holiday season I ever had was back in 1980/81. We were

working 8 hour shifts in those days with four full time and one part timer who

was a full time borough employee. Because of vacation and sickness (one with a

doctor's note the other questionable one day at a time), I worked a minimum 12

hours a day from December 24th to January 2, at least 4 days doing double shifts

(16 hours) including New Years Day.

Rich Dean

NJ

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