I work from home. It has many advantages, but one big disadvantage is you might not notice it’s a holiday and work anyway.
Dare I ask my boss for Tuesday off since I accidentally worked the holiday anyway?
Sounds like you’re salaried. Generally those jobs care about getting your work done more than watching a clock or waiting for phones to ring
If you have a decent boss, explaining what happened and asking if you can just take off a different day this coming week would probably be fine, even if Tuesday isn’t feasible on such short notice. Personally, I’d be gunning for Friday (assuming you have the normal weekend days off)
If that conversation is considered a problem, then it’s time to see if the company’s competitors are hiring for your position
This is the actual answer. My boss is awesome and this isn’t really a problem.
I mostly just felt the urge to revel in my stupidity once I realized what happened 🫠
It explained why it was such a nice quiet day. I was able to get more than usual done 😅
I am a manager for a remote team. Sometimes I screw up and forget to double remind the team about holidays. Sometimes I remember but they forget anyways.
Either way, I’m not going to screw someone out of a day of PTO; I’ll usually suggest the coming Friday off as an alternative.
I would be honest, it’s a funny mistake and worth a quick laugh.
WTF. Forgetting about holydays LOL
You let your boss know you worked on Monday and “Just wanted to let you know, in case that puts me over my hours.” You either get holiday pay overtime, or he tells you to take a day off in order to avoid it.
Unfortunately I’m an exempt employee so this strategy won’t work.
Ask for time in lieu for the day you worked yesterday. But be aware that it may be a difficult fight for it if no one asked you to work yesterday.
That said, all but the shittiest bosses are likely to approve retroactive time off requests since rejecting them discourages independent working.
Ask them to pay you for the holiday and overtime for your time worked, they’ll suggest you take a day off real quick.
I just took 3 Days off, starting Tomorrow!
Go for it champ!
Tell them you’re owed holiday pay 1.5x your typical rate
