Convince management to do what we're doing. Close all day on Christmas Eve this year, because it's on Friday and give employees a three day weekend. We're very excited.

which is why you put notices up 30 days prior and ATMs were invented...

There are plenty of customers without ATM cards or need services that ATMs cannot perform.

Even though the notice is put up 30 days prior, you may have a customer who does not see it, forgets, or runs into a jam and needs to come in.

I don't see any way around it, closing on the EVE of a holiday is just poor customer service. You should be in business to serve your customers, not do what makes the employees happy.

then you probably frown on the banks that close for the Rice Festival, Gumbo Festival, Boudin Festval, Sugar Cane Harvest Festival, Cotton Festival, Good Friday, Mardi Gras, Crawfish Festival, Shrimp & Petroleum Festival, Tarpon Rodeo...these are ones I can think of off the top of my head that close in Louisiana...

Of course, using your argument, one could say that there are businesses that could need cash on Sunday, so should banks be open then? I know of at least 2 that have done Sunday hours...

Of course the employees are happy, they are given the day off when they know they should be working.

Do banks close the day BEFORE Mardi Gras, Crawfish Festival, Tarpon Rodeo, etc? I highly doubt it.

maybe ...Yeah, we're just a different breed down here

ouch.

ouch.

No guilt here. With assessments and tight margins it's tough to award bonuses this year, so we thought this would be a nice way for management and members to show their appreciation for the hard work of the staff this year. We've already posted signs and the members are commenting that they think it's great. (One complaint so far.) The only thing that can't be done when we're not open is cash a third party check. With online banking, mobile banking, audio response, debit cards, etc. there's very little that can't be done if we close for one extra day. Employees have to put up with a lot...about 10% of people are not so nice, the cost of health insurance keeps going up, several of our employees have spouses out of work, etc. Sometimes you can do something to thank the people that show up and put their happy faces on every day and help our members. I'm proud of my employees and I'm proud of the reaction of my members. Merry Christmas to all of you a little in advance!

We have always worked a half day on Christmas Eve, with very little traffic in the bank. We pay our staff for a full day and they do not have to use vac or sick time.

We close at 12:00 on Christmas Eve, we have to use a full days vacation if we take that day off. If you schedule your vacation in a week that has any holiday and the bank is closed, that holiday is counted as one of our vacation days, so basically you are giving one of your vacation days away.