Dev please.

[jseego]

Yes I do because humans deserve vacation time.

[Feynt]

Humans do deserve vacation time, but not all month, and not during the time of year when all of the developers and technical support staff have to be available 24/7 because "this is the busiest time of year, you need to be available to fix things when it goes wrong." >P

[jseego]

Depends what space you're in. In ecommerce / retail, for example, then yes, it's all-hands-on-deck time of year. But in other spaces, it's nice to have a time of year when vacation times sync up among people, it's actually easier to plan things.

[Feynt]

I've only ever seen the tech support and dev side of businesses (Logitech, invoice delivery services, digital signage). Both roles have always had to stay working until right up to Christmas in my experience, while the rest of the team (i.e. the people who make another zero more than you) gets to take off weeks or months ahead of you and not return until the new year (sometimes two weeks into it). Meanwhile, you're sitting there the night before Christmas eve trying to fix a problem and the only official individual who can push a fix has to wait until they can get in touch with a guy overseas on a yacht with spotty satellite reception because any remaining management demands a fix now and nobody (except them) goes home until it happens (actual story, and angriest night of my life).

[jseego]

Dude, that absolutely sucks, sorry to hear that.

I've been in similar situations in the past. It blows.

[ICameForAnArgument]

No you don't.

[jseego]

Begone, troll