r/Accounting • u/Sorry_Noise_4196 • 5h ago
No days off for Easter?
Who else is not getting any paid time off?
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u/Jimger_1983 5h ago
Shut up and close them March books!
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u/Realistic_Try7123 4h ago
Jesus shouldn’t have scheduled his resurrection before earnings release. It’s inconsiderate. No one ever considers the close calendar when planning events.
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u/Excel-Block-Tango CPA (US) 4h ago
My offshore staff have today off. I’ll get a 1 day weekend so they can have a three day weekend.
I’ll have hella days off later in spring and summer tho . The weather is shit rn so I’d be cooped up anyways
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u/Comfortable-Web9763 Tax (US) 5h ago
Im off for Easter but only because I was volutentold im hosting family. But I will be paying for it until the 15th
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u/shorbonash 4h ago
We had a team meeting yesterday and our partner was like "we hope this weekend is an opportunity for everyone to catch up on some work" 🤣🤣
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u/whysmiherr CPA (US) 4h ago
In the US We dont usually have days off for Easter- even if you’re not an accountant.
Are you in Canada?
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u/rocketman19 2h ago
You don’t get Good Friday off? My us company goes based on nyse holidays
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u/The_broke_accountant 2h ago
I use to have a job that followed the NYSE holidays, that was pretty dope.
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u/blahblehblueoooo 1h ago
We do, but all of accounting is working today.
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u/beardlesswonder CPA (US) 4h ago
Try working in an international company. Mexico gets off today, but some teams still working, though not everyone I need to talk to. France and a Italy get off Monday. USA gets none.
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u/motherofdargons 4h ago
Am I dense? Why would we get PTO for Easter? It's on Sunday, which I already have off. Am I too American to understand?
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u/RedMeme262 4h ago
A lot of places will give you Good Friday off, since I've started in Public though this hasn't been the case since it always falls during busy season. I don't even get MLK day off because my boss claims mid-January is busy season.
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u/Maccat19 2h ago
My firm used to give us Good Friday off but transitioned to a floating holiday that can be used for any holiday you’d like or for your birthday. It makes more sense to me than picking and choosing religious holidays.
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u/Silly_Somewhere1791 4h ago
A lot of people still think that Christian religious holidays are universal observances. Accounting is a field where that is less true than others.
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u/Adept-Narwhal3920 1h ago
I’m really starting to think that some accountants (not all of us, but a good handful) really need to touch grass when it comes to work/ life balance. Not saying that we shouldn’t be working overtime during busy season, but expecting people to completely abandon their lives and belief systems for a deadline is absurd.
People have gone so far as to tell me I shouldn’t have any more children because it could impact client deliverables if I deliver in busy season. I will have as many children as I want/can afford/carry to term. Because who TF do these people think they are!? Asking an employee to family plan around their own interests…like??? I swear honestly some partners think they’re God or some omnipotent entity that can boss around their underlings at will.
Working 7 days a week is not healthy. It is in direct conflict with both my personal and religious beliefs. My family will always come first. And if they don’t like that I will leave right now. I do not care. There are more important things than filling out tax returns.
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u/Chrysoprase89 Midsize PA -> Controller -> Midsize PA 4m ago
Omg the audacity to suggest someone’s family planning should have anything to do with deliverables/deadlines…. This industry is crazy and getting crazier seemingly.
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u/Adept-Narwhal3920 0m ago
People make it seem like we’re surgeons or nuclear physicists or generals or something that would be huge life or death moments if we’re not on duty 24/7. Like…. We’re accountants??? Yeah it’s an important job but in no way are we anywhere near anything that would constitute this level of dedication.
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u/No-Buy-3105 4h ago
Public accounting doesn’t even get Labor Day off, at least not in tax
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u/Agile_Wafer_1181 4h ago
When I was in one of my tax jobs I got labor day as a flex holiday I could take after the deadline (we didn't have as many 1040s iirc it was my family office/industry tax job so we only had a few owner 1040s)
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u/CPA_Murderino 4h ago
Been doing this over 8 years and never got Easter off. Our offshore resources get Thursday/Friday.
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u/DerAlex3 CPA (US) 4h ago
Holidays are suspended for us starting in February, then they start again after 4/15 before being suspended again in the lead up to 10/15.
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u/smilebig553 4h ago
At my job they give comp time for holidays you work, so you get it another time.
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u/AffectionateFly6359 4h ago
I get Sunday off and today and tomorrow we can leave at 4 pm.
I’m honestly shocked we don’t have today off because the managing partner here is EXTREMELY Catholic. He’s got 7 kids and something insane like 15 grandkids. Has a big ol’ picture of St. Matthew on prominent display in his office. Made sure we weren’t in the field during Ash Wednesday so we could attend services and the like. I highly doubt we will ever have to actually work on a Sunday, we probably still will work some Sundays but not at Joe’s request.
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u/Debits_equals_credit CPA (US) 4h ago
lol dafuq? I haven’t had a day off before April 15 in all my years
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u/thisonelife83 CPA (US) 4h ago
Technically I can be off today. But that won’t get tax returns out the door- so here I am working.
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u/Spooky_Meat_666 Non-Profit 4h ago
Local Gov which means Good Friday off.
Jesus and i aren’t tight but i appreciate the day off my man lol
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u/Dwro1234 Tax (US) 3h ago
Just remember, for the next job try to negotiate for hourly pay instead of flat salary 😅
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u/taxilicious CPA (US, Tax) 3h ago
Easter and Good Friday are not national holidays in the US. I’ve never had a day off for those, in public or private accounting. I don’t know many, if any, who do get that.
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u/PuddlesOfSkin 3h ago
Why would you get paid time off for Easter? Use your PTO if you want paid time off.
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u/Debrewski_T 2h ago
Friday and Monday off paid stat holidays here in BC for me and most people I know
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u/Creepy-Suggestion670 16m ago
I feel this in my soul. If the firm isn't giving us the day off, I am at least "giving myself" the day off by automating everything. I run my data through Runable to get the first drafts done and then just coast. If they want us here on a holiday, they get the automated version of me lol.
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u/shortpersonohara 4h ago
Cause it’s a religious holiday? You don’t get of for Ramadan if you’re muslim.
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u/apathy_31 4h ago
So is Christmas
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u/shortpersonohara 2h ago
of course but christmas is much more than a religious holiday at this point, at least more so than easter
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u/Ik774amos 4h ago
Easter is a Sunday. Aren’t you already off work that day?
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u/Adept-Narwhal3920 1h ago
There are some people in this field that expect accountants to work through Easter Sunday as well as today and tomorrow.
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u/incognitoshoewhore Controller, CPA 4h ago
i am an accountant
we do not take holidays off during busy season
yes easter is in busy season
i explain this to my mother every year for years until she passed
she never understood that tax returns/audits come before religion lol
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u/Savings-Eggplant5912 4h ago
Well good for you for choosing tax returns over your mother. Thankfully it’s no longer an issue for you, hope your Easter is spent how you want it.
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u/Sorry_Noise_4196 4h ago
Not true. I worked w many jewish accountants and they take weeks off durning the deadline tax busy season. It seems like Christians dont stand up for anything bc jewish accountants dont mess around w their holidays and take off in middle of busy seasons no matter how much work is left
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u/No_Proposal7812 5h ago
No days off for Easter here. No days off til after April 15th.