In Australia/New Zealand if you are in the tech industry most employers will have a brown-out/embargo over the Christmas and New Year period. About 80% of staff

In Australia/New Zealand if you are in the tech industry most employers will have a brown-out/embargo over the Christmas and New Year period. About 80% of staff will be off for those two weeks (6 days leave equals three weekends and two M-F weeks away). What happens is the Telcos declare a brown-out/embargo [1] (in 2018 it was from 20 Dec to 7 January). The companies the next level up will follow (because they won't be able to do some network changes) and then the next layer up and so on. The vast majority of other people will take breaks around the same time. Depends on the industry and what people are doing of course. But with many workers away the buses will run on weekend timetables and many CBD cafes will close. [1] https://sp.chorus.co.nz/product-update/protecting-chorus-network-support-over-christmas-holiday-period-2018 https://sp.chorus.co.nz/product-update/protecting-chorus-net... and https://www.telarus.com.au/news/month/nov/telco-embargoes-may-affect/ https://www.telarus.com.au/news/month/nov/telco-embargoes-ma...