I work for an 'international company', which means, at least for some on this
side of hte pond, that the company has branches and offices in both the US and
Canada.
Our head office is in the states, though, so that's where all the executives
reside, which, again, for the most part, is perfectly fine.
Here's the e-mail that everyone working for my company received today--
2006 Holiday Schedule
New Year's Day Monday, January 2, 2006
President’s Day Monday, February 20, 2006
Floating Holiday Friday, April 14, 2006
Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2006
Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2006
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 23, 2006
Day after Thanksgiving Day Friday, November 24, 2006
Christmas Day Monday, December 25, 2006
Floating Holiday Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Now I know that it's 'US only listing'. However, I was inundated with e-mails
and phone calls from Canadian users who were concerned that we were going to
follow this holiday schedule instead of a Canadian one, since we are now owned
by a US company.
I assured the users that this was a US only listing that was sent to everyone.
I also forwarded their concerns to the folks at the head office stating that it
might be a good idea to remember that our company does, in fact, include Canada
and wouldn't it be nice if the holiday listing included our holidays, or at
least said, instead of '2006 Holiday Schedule', it said '2006 US Holiday
Schedule'. Would have saved me lots of e-mails and phone calls.
THe response form the head office was 'the attached Holiday Schedule was
approved by the Senior Executive Committee'
I don't care who approved it--it's still wrong for half the company!
If we're going to e-mail holiday schedules to everyone, then make sure that the
schedule pertains to everyone.
That's all. I mean, I was, I thought, rather nice about it, but then I get the
'tude from the head office--'Hey! we're just letting you know--why are you
e-mailing us about it! the executives signed off on it!!'
Someone better tell the executives that there's another country involved here.
Dave K
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