There are A FEW people who will be working between Christmas and New Years. At first I thought these people were crazy. Why would you work on this precious week when you could go on a much needed vacation before busy season? Do you really like work THAT much? (If the answer is yes, then you really do need to find a hobby...) It then hit me- at midnight on a work night- that these people might actually be on to something. And if you are one of those people who are STUCK working this precious week? Well this post is for you, consider yourself lucky!
Think about it. You are in the office with very few other people, not alot of work (since there are very few other people) and free time that you are getting paid for. Here are my list of ideas of how to spend the week between Christmas and New Years in the office:
1. Organize your desk. Would it really hurt for you to enter a new and busy year all organized and with a clean desk? Definitely not! Everyone will come back from their ski vacation frazzled and jealous of your organized desk.
2. Organize your life for that matter. You probably will have free time (since all the managers are skiing), you might as well make a budget, take care of personal finances, and prepare for the next year.
3. Network. There will probably be other people in the office. This is the perfect opportunity to branch out and make new friends in the office that you might not ever get to meet.
4. Snack on all those holiday treats that people left in the break room (hey, you deserve it! and they would just go bad without you)
5. Enjoy leaving at 5. Who is going to be in the office to give you work at the last second before you are walking out the door? Is there really going to be a deadline on December 28th? probably not.
6. Plan your next vacation. With this whole week of vacation time you have saved, you can use the roll over vacation to take a MUCH NEEDED vacation later in the year.
7. Stock up on cool pens. If they don't have any more in the supply closet, I am sure your neighbor will never remember exactly which pens he had before the holiday break.
This being said. My last day in the office is December 24th. For a week- and a much needed vacation. While I have now convinced myself that working this precious week is not too bad, I think the real place to be on December 26th is laying in my bed at 11am.
Well, I work in media, which never stops - and we always need coverage during this time, albeit on a skeleton staff. I don't mind working the stats - it's extra pay, a day in lieu, and it's usually quite quiet and peaceful. I also figure that I may as well while i'm young and don't have kids and family, because I won't want to do it later on when i do.
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