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i was told that we are given only 2 days off (private sector) for this holiday, while government takes off a full 3 days.. any truth to this?

in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

jumanji wrote:i was told that we are given only 2 days off (private sector) for this holiday, while government takes off a full 3 days.. any truth to this?

in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

2 days it is

sage & onion wrote:

jumanji wrote:i was told that we are given only 2 days off (private sector) for this holiday, while government takes off a full 3 days.. any truth to this?

in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

2 days it is

which days would it fall sage?? I am soo excited!!!!

It will fall on 22nd (Sun) or 23rd (Mon) of October I think it is more likely on 23rd making Ramadan a 30 day month, it will however depend on the sighting of the moon.

thanks sage.. two days is still better than nothing

oh yeah baby

and for the peeps working only Sunday to Thursday...... lets dance

zam wrote:and for the peeps working only Sunday to Thursday...... lets dance

I'm dancing girl

jumanji wrote:in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

you got eid off in the US ?

MaaaD wrote:

jumanji wrote:in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

you got eid off in the US ?

thats what i was thinking...

do they call it ethnic holiday or something like that?

No such National Holiday in US

^ a middle-east company based in the US i guess?

MaaaD wrote:

jumanji wrote:in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

you got eid off in the US ?

absolutely.. i got a full 3 days off, i was allowed to leave early during ramadan.. got all my holidays off no questions asked.. but then again, i worked for a family company ;p (but holidays also applied for school,etc)

even still.. this is definitely the norm in the u.s... my other family members worked for non-muslim companies and never had any issues with holidays, or leaving early during ramadan (providing they would fast).

jumanji wrote:

MaaaD wrote:

jumanji wrote:in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

you got eid off in the US ?

absolutely.. i got a full 3 days off, i was allowed to leave early during ramadan.. got all my holidays off no questions asked.. but then again, i worked for a family company ;p (but holidays also applied for school,etc)

even still.. this is definitely the norm in the u.s... my other family members worked for non-muslim companies and never had any issues with holidays, or leaving early during ramadan (providing they would fast).

umm its defintely not the "norm" to leave early and have eid off in the US. Are you sure we are talking about the same country?

hehehe..my university gave us 9 days in total ..hehehe..from the 19th till the 29 WOOHOOO!!...PARTYYY!>>>

Working for a Canadian company all the Jewish people got all Jewish holidays off no questions asked. (They also got all the normal holidays too).

We didnt have any Muslims working for us (as far as I know) but they would have gotten the Muslim holidays if we did.

MaaaD wrote:

jumanji wrote:

MaaaD wrote:

jumanji wrote:in the u.s. we were given a full 3 days off...which makes it kind of odd that in an islamic country, private sector gets only 2 days off.

you got eid off in the US ?

absolutely.. i got a full 3 days off, i was allowed to leave early during ramadan.. got all my holidays off no questions asked.. but then again, i worked for a family company ;p (but holidays also applied for school,etc)

even still.. this is definitely the norm in the u.s... my other family members worked for non-muslim companies and never had any issues with holidays, or leaving early during ramadan (providing they would fast).

umm its defintely not the "norm" to leave early and have eid off in the US. Are you sure we are talking about the same country?

ughm.. i have to say it is. based on 26 years experience.

d3vilish_ang3l_88 wrote:hehehe..my university gave us 9 days in total ..hehehe..from the 19th till the 29 WOOHOOO!!...PARTYYY!>>>

not fair!

awww..well i think i deserve those 9 days...ive been working my butt off this ramadan...

d3vilish_ang3l_88 wrote:awww..well i think i deserve those 9 days...ive been working my butt off this ramadan...

Good for you Ang.

d3vilish_ang3l_88 wrote:awww..well i think i deserve those 9 days...ive been working my butt off this ramadan...

enjoy it while you can..

6 day work weeks, and 2 day 'holidays' await you!

hahaha yea.... then u gonna realise the meanin of workin ur butt off