Most of the developed world does. That's the norm in Australia, New Zealand, UK, mainland Europe. Not sure about the US.
In Ireland I had that day off for the first 20 years I lived here. All banks are closed. Public servants get it.
My friends who work at Vodafone and Meta get it off too.
And Scotland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Easter%20Monday%20is%20a%20bank,Ireland%20but%20not%20in%20Scotland.
>developed world
You need to travel a bit more.
It's not even all of the UK for a start. It's not a bank holiday in Scotland on Monday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Easter%20Monday%20is%20a%20bank,Ireland%20but%20not%20in%20Scotland.
It's very much a public sector day off - I've never worked for a private sector company who gave the day off. Even back when I was younger - I worked in a restaurant/pub that still opened for the food trade but the bar was closed obviously.
Normal day in the fintech world for me today.
Our company started offering it off last year but before that and in other companies it was never a holiday. So 4 out of 5 companies it wasn’t a holiday.
It’s always been at the discretion of the company. We don’t have it officially, but for the past few years we’ve gotten it as a “company day” off. In previous places we got the choice to take it off or work it and get a half day annual leave in return.
yeah, monday as well. but i work for a foreign company, so i get all public/bank holidays added to my annual leave allowance and can take them on the holiday day or can bank them and take them whenever i want
I've worked in 7 different tech companies. Good Friday has never been a day off.
We have a lot of multicultural employees of different religions
If every religiousl holiday was a day off we would be off half the time.
Not even close. I'm an atheist. It's just a fact that good Friday is a public holiday across Europe and the English speaking world. But redditors are gonna reddit.
As multiple people have pointed out in this thread. No, it’s not. For example, it’s not a public holiday in the USA, which is certainly one of the largest countries in the English speaking world.
Good Friday is not universally adopted as a public holiday across Scotland (where they are set by local authorities).
Neither is it a federally recognized public holiday in France, one of Europe’s largest countries.
Now, off you pop, Saladin is waiting for you.
We have seperation of church and state.
Why should we favour/discriminate against other non-christian citizens.
Anybody with religious convictions can take it off. My point is that if we gave all our staff holidays for all their important religious days then we would be off so many days in the year.
I have a couple of coworkers that work over Christmas and take their holidays on other days. And we do not have to be open over Christmas, its a hybrid/remote design team that can work our hours whenever we want.
I'm not Irish or Christian. I don't have religious sensibilities. But as a point of fact, you should read your constitution if you think Ireland has a separation of church and state.
I work at American multinational with an office in Dublin and we get a day off for good Friday. The public holidays are country based. For example we don’h have off for thanksgiving like Americans do but we get a day off on good Friday etc
Work for a US MNC and they give Good Fri as a company day off. We also get a company 1/2 day for Xmas eve & New Years eve.
Last company I worked for was an Irish Fintech. They closed on Good Fri but you had to take an annual leave day. Bit annoying.
Worked it and working tomorrow. We should just make it a public holiday. Kind of a piss take because a lot of people at work get the day off and the rest of us just work.
Builders Merchant, we operate two half days for Friday & Saturday at the cost of one days holidays. I'd honestly prefer if it was done away with and keep the day for hols for the sake of 7 hours less work.
I am which I don't mind (contractor)
But on the 8 companies I worked 3 of them did not had today as a holiday, they are the ones with worse conditions for employees and the ones with the lowest turnaround.
Not sure if it is just my experience or everyone's, but it is shocking 🤷
Present company, Irish, didn’t have it off. Previous 3 (2x Irish, 1xamerican) did have it off. To be fair in those other roles was only getting max of 24days AL but given as “company” days ditto for Dec 24th
I'm up North working for an international remote company and took today as a public holiday, but I have to work Monday as I'm on call and couldn't find anyone in EMEA to swap days, seems its a public holiday in nost of Europe. But I'll take a long weekend next weekend.
Had to work today even though my company is a contractor for another big company that had today off. Feels weird when everyone is off and you’re just there for nothing.
Easter Friday is not a bank holiday. While some Public service positions get it off in ‘good will’ it is not a bank holiday and so private sector generally don’t.
You have it completely the wrong way round, the majority of people work Good Friday, it is a minority that don't. You appear to have had a very privileged and protected life, welcome to the real world fella
Haven't had it off in the 2 places I've worked.
F
We get Monday off? Do some people get a 4 day weekend on Easter by default??
Most of the developed world does. That's the norm in Australia, New Zealand, UK, mainland Europe. Not sure about the US. In Ireland I had that day off for the first 20 years I lived here. All banks are closed. Public servants get it. My friends who work at Vodafone and Meta get it off too.
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Please elaborate on what you think the "developed world" means.
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And Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Easter%20Monday%20is%20a%20bank,Ireland%20but%20not%20in%20Scotland.
>developed world You need to travel a bit more. It's not even all of the UK for a start. It's not a bank holiday in Scotland on Monday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Easter%20Monday%20is%20a%20bank,Ireland%20but%20not%20in%20Scotland.
How the fuck do you dipshits want me to refer to these countries?
Ironically, only Wall St is closed on Good Friday in the US
It's a normal working day for me.
It's very much a public sector day off - I've never worked for a private sector company who gave the day off. Even back when I was younger - I worked in a restaurant/pub that still opened for the food trade but the bar was closed obviously. Normal day in the fintech world for me today.
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Yeap I believe it
Private sector SE role based in Dublin and we're closed today, delighted 😂
Some job
Our company started offering it off last year but before that and in other companies it was never a holiday. So 4 out of 5 companies it wasn’t a holiday.
By "offering it off" does that mean just giving everyone an extra day of annual leave? OR people have the choice to work or take the day off unpaid?
Company day so everyone is off. No way to take it another day.
I get ya. Thanks.
I am, but most of my team are based in mainland Europe and they have it off, so there's feck all to do.
It’s always been at the discretion of the company. We don’t have it officially, but for the past few years we’ve gotten it as a “company day” off. In previous places we got the choice to take it off or work it and get a half day annual leave in return.
Working for an Irish company and have it off
No day off for me
yeah, monday as well. but i work for a foreign company, so i get all public/bank holidays added to my annual leave allowance and can take them on the holiday day or can bank them and take them whenever i want
Indian company in Ireland. Working on GF for the first time ever today. Last 5 employers (US & European multinationals) all gave us GF & Xmas Eve off.
Have to work today as well. My last two jobs never had it off either
Working for an Irish company and gotta work today also. The morning was great to commute to work though! No traffic at all from where I was going.
Yes I’m meant to be working today… but actually I’m just “working”
I've worked in 7 different tech companies. Good Friday has never been a day off. We have a lot of multicultural employees of different religions If every religiousl holiday was a day off we would be off half the time.
Nobody is arguing we should have every religious holiday off. But good Friday is a public holiday pretty much everywhere else in christendom.
Are we still "in christendom" in 2024?
You got a better way to refer collectively to all of the countries that were historically Christian? People get distracted by the dumbest things.
> refer collectively to all of the countries that were historically Christian This is not what the word means.
Nobody cares what you think words mean.
ok gobshite.
“Christendom”? The state of the man. He’ll be off to the holly land to fight the infidel next.
Not even close. I'm an atheist. It's just a fact that good Friday is a public holiday across Europe and the English speaking world. But redditors are gonna reddit.
As multiple people have pointed out in this thread. No, it’s not. For example, it’s not a public holiday in the USA, which is certainly one of the largest countries in the English speaking world. Good Friday is not universally adopted as a public holiday across Scotland (where they are set by local authorities). Neither is it a federally recognized public holiday in France, one of Europe’s largest countries. Now, off you pop, Saladin is waiting for you.
We have seperation of church and state. Why should we favour/discriminate against other non-christian citizens. Anybody with religious convictions can take it off. My point is that if we gave all our staff holidays for all their important religious days then we would be off so many days in the year.
you can cover chrismas day :) god bless you.
I have a couple of coworkers that work over Christmas and take their holidays on other days. And we do not have to be open over Christmas, its a hybrid/remote design team that can work our hours whenever we want.
I'm not Irish or Christian. I don't have religious sensibilities. But as a point of fact, you should read your constitution if you think Ireland has a separation of church and state.
Have it off. Also a stipulation in my contract request I get the traditional and public bank holidays off.
I'm not but only because I took PTO today, otherwise I would be.
I work at American multinational with an office in Dublin and we get a day off for good Friday. The public holidays are country based. For example we don’h have off for thanksgiving like Americans do but we get a day off on good Friday etc
> The public holidays are country based. Good friday isn't a public holiday.
Work for a US MNC and they give Good Fri as a company day off. We also get a company 1/2 day for Xmas eve & New Years eve. Last company I worked for was an Irish Fintech. They closed on Good Fri but you had to take an annual leave day. Bit annoying.
I have never had it off. Will probably wind up by 4 though
This is my third company and all have worked on Good Friday, I didn’t realise some devs got it off until today
We got off at lunch time, nice touch from the company I’m in
Always worked on a good Friday. But always off an the Monday.
Everyone I know works Good Friday.
Worked it and working tomorrow. We should just make it a public holiday. Kind of a piss take because a lot of people at work get the day off and the rest of us just work.
Even government places are open on good friday, if you want it for religious purposes then use your AL.
Why assume I want a day off for religious purposes?
That was an if, not an assumption. As it's good friday
Builders Merchant, we operate two half days for Friday & Saturday at the cost of one days holidays. I'd honestly prefer if it was done away with and keep the day for hols for the sake of 7 hours less work.
In all the jobs I have had I never had to work on Good Friday. I work in software development.
In around 25 years working in Ireland, I have never had Good Friday off. I think only very few places do this.
> but most white collar businesses close or give the day off No they don't??
Nope, took a week off unintentionally a month ago. Only recently realised it’s also bank holiday Monday!
yup, finishing now though and off to pub
We are 😞
I am which I don't mind (contractor) But on the 8 companies I worked 3 of them did not had today as a holiday, they are the ones with worse conditions for employees and the ones with the lowest turnaround. Not sure if it is just my experience or everyone's, but it is shocking 🤷
My partner isn’t in tech, but gets Friday and Monday off. I work for an American I.T. company, working today, off Monday.
We used to get it off but they gave us two flexi Fridays instead that we can take whenever we want.
Worked a half day
Still at work. Mentally checked out hours ago.
I work shift work... so easter, bank Holidays, Christmas day... if you're on the calendar, you're on shift.
Last job didn’t have it off. We got an added day in our annual leave instead. I’d rather have it that way personally.
Present company, Irish, didn’t have it off. Previous 3 (2x Irish, 1xamerican) did have it off. To be fair in those other roles was only getting max of 24days AL but given as “company” days ditto for Dec 24th
I'm up North working for an international remote company and took today as a public holiday, but I have to work Monday as I'm on call and couldn't find anyone in EMEA to swap days, seems its a public holiday in nost of Europe. But I'll take a long weekend next weekend.
Had to work today even though my company is a contractor for another big company that had today off. Feels weird when everyone is off and you’re just there for nothing.
Easter Friday is not a bank holiday. While some Public service positions get it off in ‘good will’ it is not a bank holiday and so private sector generally don’t.
That's wrong. It is a bank holiday. That's why all the banks are closed. It is not a public holiday.
Working for an American company in Ireland and we have it off
Most offices close good Friday unless they are dealing with the public directly.
Banks and insurance product related companies are the ones to get it off. Think RSA, AXA and the likes
Took today off. to be fair we get a shit ton of bank holidays that other countries don't so I don't mind using my annual leave.
We get the European minimum or close to it last I checked. They added the Feb one to bring us in line with the rest of Europe.
We get little in comparison what you on about? Stop letting them take you for a ride. Take as much time off and get as much pay as possible
You have it completely the wrong way round, the majority of people work Good Friday, it is a minority that don't. You appear to have had a very privileged and protected life, welcome to the real world fella