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#178394 - 04/09/04 03:41 PM Closing noon - 3:00
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I wondered how many still do this? We are community bank in small town America... and we still do.
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#178395 - 04/09/04 03:49 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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We do this also

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#178396 - 04/09/04 03:54 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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All of our branches close at 3pm M,T,W some at 5 on Th., some at 6 on Th. and all close at 6 on Fri. Open 9-1 on Sat. We have 9 branches. $260M in assets.

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#178397 - 04/09/04 03:54 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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You close from noon to 3 and then open back up?
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#178398 - 04/09/04 03:54 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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Not us. We only have 9 holidays where the lobby is closed. We don't even have Veteran's Day off.
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#178399 - 04/09/04 03:56 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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only have 9 holidays




Makes me miss working for a bank. Let's just say you have more than I do.

The FI I was previously employed with did close for a couple of hours mid-day for Good Friday for many years but stopped because they found out people were using the time off for non-religious purposes.

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#178400 - 04/09/04 04:01 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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only have 9 holidays




Makes me miss working for a bank. Let's just say you have more than I do.

The FI I was previously employed with did close for a couple of hours mid-day for Good Friday for many years but stopped because they found out people were using the time off for non-religious purposes.




That sounds like a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen! So, the religious get the day off and that's okay, but nobody else?

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#178401 - 04/09/04 04:04 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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That sounds like a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen! So, the religious get the day off and that's okay, but nobody else?




The policy was changed so that it would be considered PTO if an employee took off for services and it would not be denied if asked for the time off to attend.
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#178402 - 04/09/04 04:06 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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Apparently we used to close in the middle of the day too... But let's just say the afternoons were intoxicatingly unproductive

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#178403 - 04/09/04 04:08 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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intoxicatingly unproductive




I see having a wrist condition is not an isolated thing.
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#178404 - 04/09/04 04:09 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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I have worked for 5 different banks...none of them ever closed between noon and 3 on Good Friday. All of them made allowances for those who wished to attend services, but they had to use personal time off.

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#178405 - 04/09/04 05:31 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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We last closed for the whole day on Good Friday the week before I was hired, back in 1988. We went to closing for a half-day (at 1:00pm) starting in 1989. That continued up until a couple of years ago, when they decided closing at 1:00 wasn't allowing anyone to attend noon services anyway. So we're here the whole day now.

If someone wants to ask for the afternoon off, they can work it out with their manager; staffing levels must still be sufficient to service clients, though.

Plus, our staff has become so diverse, I think probably less than half are Christian anymore, anyway. We have a lot of people of Muslim, Jewish, Bhuddist, and other faiths on staff now. (We still get the day off for Christmas, but not any other religious day, though. Whatever.)
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#178406 - 04/09/04 07:55 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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Intoxicatingly unproductive? You're supposed to be in church! At least, in the old days, that was the whole purpose of the three hour devotion on Good Friday. Today it was just an excuse to close the bank and catch up on some work.

"I'll see you in church, if you sit by the window."
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#178407 - 04/09/04 07:56 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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I'm leaving at 3 to have my hair done...the bank allows this because they like red heads

(A blonde will fill in for me while I'm gone) heh heh
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#178408 - 04/09/04 08:15 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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I'm new to banking and was pleasantly surprised that the bank closed today from 12-3. It was wonderful to see the church filled with people at the 1:00 service due to the fact that many local businesses closed as well. God bless the USA!

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#178409 - 04/09/04 08:21 PM Re: Closing noon - 3:00
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We close from noon to 3. It was so hard coming back to work on such a beautiful day

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