shrift, that's rotten. I hope you soon find a better job. And you know - after seeing how you've been treated, I bet a bunch of people will be job-hunting as hard as they can (these will be the actually productive people).

In my workplace news ... turns out our web host has, somehow, lost an entire database. With no back-up. No explanation, just "it's gone".

joins amy. I am up for any and all days off. please to speak with my employer.

I actually offended I don't get Canada Day -- we're a bi-national organization!!

Where's my union rep???

I've decided I should get Canada Day off, in spite of not being in Canada. Any other non-Canadians wanna join me?

Yo! I'm dating a Canuck, that should give me a pass.

In my workplace news ... turns out our web host has, somehow, lost an entire database. With no back-up. No explanation, just "it's gone".

Oooof.

My bank is German - we get No German days off. I call foul!!!

Shrift, you have my sincerest sympathies! And my fervent wish that this turns out to be one of the best things that could have happened, that is when you get your next job that turns out to be really spiffy and within taunting distance of the old job.

The fun part of my workplace news - it's not my responsibility! Someone yanked it away from me, didn't allow me any access to it ... so I can say, with a completely clear conscience (and total honesty), "it's not my job". (And, it turns out, the person who was supposed to be backing it up in Access? didn't ... not for several years.)

Yo! I'm dating a Canuck, that should give me a pass.

Totally! Happy Canada Day in exile!

Seriously -- when my friend's publishing company got bought by the Germans, they got a lot more time off!

I work for a Canadian company, and I don't get Canada Day off!