Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!pegasus!avi From: avi@pegasus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: How do you deal with Jewish Holidays and WORK? Message-ID: <963@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 23:46:55 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.963 Posted: Mon Feb 20 23:46:55 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 08:39:55 EST Expires: Sun, 1-Apr-84 00:00:00 EST Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 24 Just to give an idea of one type of topic I would like to see discussed, here is one that has been on my mind. Our company does not have the allowable holidays attached to anything even remotely Jewish. We get the usual holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, but nothing like Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Succoth, Pesach .... This can add up very rapidly to many days off -- if you take them all. I have sometimes taken off and arranged to do paperwork (reading) at home -- without losing a days pay. At other times, I have used compensatory time, non-fixed holidays, vacation days -- or just gone in to work. The problem is not as bad for me, as for some truly orthodox friends. Sometimes your entire vacation budget is used up just to stay home on Yomim Tovim. Leaving early on Friday can also be a hassle. In college, I often missed important classes and even tests, even though I was in Brooklyn College. Does anybody have suggestions or experiences that they would like to share on living in a society that is not geared up to deal with the Jewish lifestyles? Please, no suggestions to move to Israel. -- -=> Avi E. Gross @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6241 suggested paths: [ihnp4, allegra, cbosg, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!avi -- -=> Avi E. Gross @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6241 suggested paths: [ihnp4, allegra, cbosg, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!avi