Are these holidays off the norm?

Not necessarily for nursing, but in general, eight days is the norm. My last employer had the same as you describe, with the exception of 2 floaters rather than 1 floater and one birthday, which is a little better, but is a minor detail, IMO.

Not necessarily for nursing, but in general, eight days is the norm. My last employer had the same as you describe, with the exception of 2 floaters rather than 1 floater and one birthday, which is a little better, but is a minor detail, IMO.

Thanks. This is really helpful. I was just thinking, maybe I should've asked someone in-the-know about this before I accepted the job offer. I'm pretty happy, because this is the first time in my career I get paid while having holidays off and I will also acrrue PTO. :)

Thanks. This is really helpful. I was just thinking, maybe I should've asked someone in-the-know about this before I accepted the job offer. I'm pretty happy, because this is the first time in my career I get paid while having holidays off and I will also acrrue PTO. :)

As a hospital nurse, I think your new schedule sounds pretty great! I'm a little surprised that you don't have Memorial Day off, but that wouldn't bother me a bit if I got paid for all those other holidays AND got weekends off. Good luck with the new job!

It's awesome. We get an extra $2/h on Christmas, NewYears and Thanksgiving. Thats it.

As a hospital nurse, I think your new schedule sounds pretty great! I'm a little surprised that you don't have Memorial Day off, but that wouldn't bother me a bit if I got paid for all those other holidays AND got weekends off. Good luck with the new job!

I didn't want to sound like a brat in my original post, but I was surprised about Memorial Day not being included as an observed holiday as well. And I'll go ahead and be honest further, I'm a little disappointed Christmas Eve is not a paid holiday off. Overall though, I am very excited about my new job.

I'm surprised Memorial Day is not included in the list!

I'm surprised Memorial Day is not included in the list!

Same here. Guess a girl can't have it all!

Thanks. This is really helpful. I was just thinking, maybe I should've asked someone in-the-know about this before I accepted the job offer. I'm pretty happy, because this is the first time in my career I get paid while having holidays off and I will also acrrue PTO. :)

(Pulling hair out in vexation:p) Why do people do this? You were excited and on top of the world to have landed this job and then because of a few minor details, you almost want to rescind the offer?

We can't always have it all.

(Pulling hair out in vexation:p) Why do people do this? You were excited and on top of the world to have landed this job and then because of a few minor details, you almost want to rescind the offer?

We can't always have it all.

Oh, heck no. I wouldn't have changed my mind about the job. I just meant it would've made more sense if I had asked people about what holidays they have off prior to taking the job. It was an afterthought on my part.

Getting the Friday after Thanksgiving as a holiday is a fair trade for Christmas Eve, since there's still some places that won't consider Black Friday as a paid holiday...which can suck because then you'd have to use PTO if you wanted to travel for Thanksgiving.

Trufax

Wow, I didn't know any company had Christmas Eve or Black Friday as a paid holiday!