Time off for Pesach

[magid]

Pesach starts Wednesday night, April 13. So the first two days are Thursday and Friday (3-day yom tov... not my favorite), and the last two days are Wednesday and Thursday. Those are all the days that are full chag, with work restrictions almost like Shabbat, days I always take off from work. There are four intermediate days, which are much less strict. And this year, two of them are weekend. And the Monday is Patriot's Day, which my office has to give off (due to the Boston Marathon ending a block from the building). Which leaves one day of chol ha-moed that I'd be working, but I think I'll take that Tuesday, and possibly even the Friday after chag, too, and try for a proper bit of vacation.

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Our office has no plans to give Patriot's Day off. I figure I'll take a break in the middle of the day to watch the winners cross the finish line.

Our schedule means we're taking off Wednesday to Friday of the first week and the second week, plus the Monday after the holiday. (Pesach plus a visit to my brother.)

[magid.livejournal.com]

It's their first Patriot's Day with the office downtown; I wonder if they'll keep it as a workday next year.

Sounds like a very parallel vacation structure :-).

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I actually suggested to PiB that they close the office, or at least encourage people to work from home that day. They decided it wasn't a good idea.

My guess is that a) they'll find a lot of people taking personal or vacation days on Patriot's Day, and b) the people who do come to work will find the commute difficult. So they might re-evaluate for the following year.

In any event, my commute will still be simple. I'll just get off the T one stop further along.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Strange, in that the college division is not far from here either, and they've been at their location for a while, so there could've been information flowing about the inconveniences of the day. Oh, and if PiB still works as it did when I was on it, they wouldn't have the authority to do anything much about your suggestion other than pass it on to others.

I suspect that b will be the option more used, since people not used to dealing with the marathon are more likely to learn from direct experience. (I don't know if trains are on weekday or holiday schedule, which would make a huge difference.)

Last year I debated coming downtown to see the end of the race, but (a) it was nice to see it with you in Brookline, and (b) I didn't want to deal with the crowds at the finish.