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It doesn't matter. Everywhere in the civilized business world Jan 1 is a day off and often Jan 2 is as well. Why is someone working on Jan 1 or 2?

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> Everywhere in the civilized business world Jan 1 is a day off and often Jan 2 is as well.

No.

Note the "civilised" qualifier.

still sounds offensive. are asians uncivilized?

Asian's themselves? No. Work culture in Asia though is IMO uncivilized. There's a culture of overwork and workplace abuse in many Asian countries.

Not every country celebrates new year at January 1.

The 2nd is never a day off in the US. The 1st is new years the day, the only official holiday.

Except, of course, this upcoming Jan 2[0].

[0] https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-...

The rose parade is on the 2nd if the 1st is a sunday. That makes it at least an unofficial holiday. I recall generally getting an alternate day off for 'new years day' if the 1st was on a weekend.

Maybe somewhere with a different calendar entrenched might not care so much about Jan 1 though.

Wrong.

uh, its going to be the 2nd in 2023

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-...

Lol ofcouse this year eve and day are on the weekend.

As a general rule: expect nothing much at all from people between (roughly) Dec 21st and January 4th.

It is a 2 week period where fuck all tends to get dome because somebody, somewhere is on PTO or otherwise unavailable.

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