I'd actually be surprised if you worked for a private company and got every single federal holiday off. In 2016 they are: Friday, January 1: New Year’s Day Mo

I'd actually be surprised if you worked for a private company and got every single federal holiday off. In 2016 they are: Friday, January 1: New Year’s Day Monday, January 18: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 15: Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents Day) Monday, May 30: Memorial Day Monday, July 4: Independence Day (aka Fourth of July) Monday, September 5: Labor Day Monday, October 10: Columbus Day Friday, November 11: Veterans Day Thursday, November 24: Thanksgiving Day Monday, December 26: Christmas Day* Even growing up I had (public) school on Columbus Day. Service workers work on almost all of them. Even the once sacred Thanksgiving isn't a day off for many retail employees anymore. Where I worked year ago they brought in low paid part time workers on holidays to cover for the full timers (who had benefits) who had the day off.