Re: Christmas Surprise--Company Closed for 2 Weeks

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Not for that long a time, but I've had the same sort of thing happen. Ask them if there's any chance of putting in overtime before the shutdown to make up some of the difference.


--- On Tue, 11/25/08, Karen <ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Karen <ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Subject: Christmas Surprise--Company Closed for 2 Weeks
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 1:37 AM
> I started a W2 contracting job a few months ago. The agency
> is out of state, but the job is local. At that time, I was
> given a list of holidays, etc.
> 
> Now, I got a little surprise--I found out the company shuts
> down for 2 weeks during Christmas.I'm so frustrated
> since I only figured (financially) on 3 days.
> 
> I know there's not much I can do about it, but I am
> pretty upset with the agency for waiting so long to tell me
> and not revealing this upfront.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this?
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