23% of IT Workers Spend Thanksgiving With Coworkers

itwbennett writes "A timely CareerBuilder survey finds that 23% of IT pros spend the holiday with coworkers, either in the office or at another location. But the findings vary widely by city. In Boston, for example, you're pretty sure to be on your own for the holiday — only 6% of coworkers there nosh together. While in Atlanta (35%) or Dallas (30%) things are downright chummy."

Comments

Re:I will spend thanksgiving with my co-workers to

[plopez]

But usually there is some other substitute e.g. Oktoberfest or its equivalent. Just about every culture has some sort of fall harvest festival if they have such a season.

Re:My coworkers would be preferable to my family

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

To be fair, every human being and interaction makes nerds want to sit alone in a corner of the room. Oh look, grandma's M&M bowl is right there, too.

Was this too vicious? I'm sorry.

Fairest for me

[ToasterTester]

One place I was at we were doing 24/7 support so someone had to always be onsite. For holidays our boss just split the day into 3 hour shifts starting at 6am. For only having to work 3 hours wasn't too painful still got most of the day with family/friends. Boss also said it will be dead bring DVDs to watch, just answer phone if it rings. So pretty painless Holiday work.

Re:I will spend thanksgiving with my co-workers to

[Capt James McCarthy]

You forget that the tradition of invasion, conquest; and economic,religious, and cultural assimilation was a grand old tradition in Eurasia long before the Americsa were discovered. E.g. Alexander the Great, the Romans, and the Vandals to name but a few. Americans learned at Europeans feet.

Stop confusing people with historical facts. It's easier to forget the past and blame the present. Really, it's best to blame the present not learning from the past failures.