From a diversity standpoint, does your company recognize the multitude of holidays that are celebrated in December-January?

Anonymous

December 27,2021 at 2:38PM UTC

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From a diversity standpoint, does your company recognize the multitude of holidays that are celebrated in December-January?

One way I’ve seen this done is for companies to adopt “floating holiday” policies, where people can choose which days hold significance to them. What do those efforts look like at your company, or if you don't have them what do you wish your company would do?

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AnonymousDecember 27,2021 at 3:55PM UTC
Our company does a great job at simply sharing information about holidays throughout the year. In our team slack channel there will be write-ups for each of the observances, and it's a fun way to learn and be conscious of what others may experience.
AnonymousDecember 27,2021 at 9:45PM UTC
Small non-profit. Ministry-based. Therefore, definitely not…
AnonymousDecember 28,2021 at 1:33PM UTC
My last employer did not. It bugged me, I found it especially strange considering it was an international school. I really love the idea of a floating holiday policy.
AnonymousDecember 28,2021 at 2:06PM UTC
My company is now offering 4 personal days to use for holidays that we don’t get automatically.
AnonymousDecember 28,2021 at 2:59PM UTC
My most recent role did not recognize MLK Day. I would come into work and immediately greet everyone by commenting on the day and would find a way to drop it into conversation with my boss, noting especially that the support staff was largely people of color and that maybe this is a good day to at least acknowledge all of the important work that they do.
AnonymousDecember 28,2021 at 2:59PM UTC
BTW, it never worked.
AnonymousDecember 29,2021 at 1:49PM UTC
My company consists pre-deminantly a certain ethnicity. The org. doesn't even recognize all of the of the days of the federal holidays
Paulla Fetzek, MSEdDecember 29,2021 at 3:04PM UTC
My company does denote special holidays for the various cultures within our company. I wish we'd acknowledge them all, however, regardless if the culture is in our company or not.