This is now my top post <| sep |> This is the first Thanksgiving I ' m not on contract since 2012 . The last two Christmas Eves I worked until 930 PM to make up for lost hours . The church my wife works for was only 10 minutes away so I ' d leave to make the last candlelight service . Wasn ' t all bad as most everyone left by 2 , so I ' d do some work while watching stuff on Netflix or Hulu . Flip side is my current employer only offers 7 days of vacation starting . I negotiated them up to 9 , but bare minimum in my industry is usually 10 , and 15 is becoming the norm . Coupled with fairly rigid working hours , it ' s pretty lacking . Needless to say I ' m currently looking elsewhere . <| sep |> Yes , but will that team ever come around ? likely no