EID - Any idea when ?

[rabailey]

Don't have any Arabs in this company now so no idea.

What / when / how long is the rumour for Eid this time ?

I wouldn't bet against it being Friday and Satruday.

[yorky500]

According to our guys here last day of Ramadan will be Friday 17 Aug, So Eid will be Saturday, Sunday & Monday i.e. a 4 day weekend

[dxbtiger]

yorky500 said:

According to our guys here last day of Ramadan will be Friday 17 Aug, So Eid will be Saturday, Sunday & Monday i.e. a 4 day weekend

Yep as I understand it, we will have Sun and Mon off.

[shirt]

well i may be required to work normal hours through ramadan, but even if 2 days of eid fall at the weekend we get them moved to workdays, so potentially 5 days off.

hopefully i'll be on a job somewhere so i can use them as lieu days like last year.

[dxbtiger]

yorky500 said:

According to our guys here last day of Ramadan will be Friday 17 Aug, So Eid will be Saturday, Sunday & Monday i.e. a 4 day weekend

hang on, this Eid is 2 days for private sector isn't it? Next Eid (al adha) is the 3 dayer?

[shirt]

tiger is correct. 2 day eid. not sure when it falls but it's a 4 day weekend for me.

[IanUAE]

My Muscat office will be closed all week, so it looks like I only get the 2 / 3 days off here. We were told Eid will start on 19th.

[IanUAE]

Any further news when the Eid holidays will be the UAE.

[yorky500]

IanUAE said:

Any further news when the Eid holidays will be the UAE.

Heard it will be Sunday and Monday holiday

[rabailey]

yorky500 said:

Heard it will be Sunday and Monday holiday

Thats what the wife has been given, but all the international law firms have apparently agreed amongst themselves.

[dxbtiger]

It is the first and second of Shawwal for private sector.

Only problem is we don't yet know when Shawwal starts, will either be Sat/Sun or Sun/Mon

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/eid-a...

[TobyLaRohne]

HEE HEE!!! We get 5 days off, finally!!! Something the Qataris are good at!

[omohat]

TobyLaRohne said:

HEE HEE!!! We get 5 days off, finally!!! Something the Qataris are good at!

Lucky you - I'm only getting 3 days. Are you govt sector by any chance?

[TobyLaRohne]

Yep, jus call me Ahmed, Ahmed Bond!

[Hitch78]

Two days off for us, four days for our Doha office and a whopping five days for the mugs in Saudi.

[Chilli]

Erm, I need to tell the staff which days they are having off......any ideas??!!!

[dxbtiger]

Chilli said:

Erm, I need to tell the staff which days they are having off......any ideas??!!!

Still depends on when Shawwal starts.

Basically mate, if it is Ramadan on Sat, they get Sun and Mon off.

If Eid starts on Sat they are back in the office on Monday.

I expect there will be an announcement tomorrow afternoon.

ETA - the thing that works on our favour is if we lose a day so do the Public Sector as theirs is based on Shawwal dates as well. Here's hoping they want a long one

[Chilli]

Excellent, so it's 2 days......either Sat/Sun or Sun/Mon.

Perfect. Many thanks.

[yorky500]

dxbtiger said:

Still depends on when Shawwal starts.

Basically mate, if it is Ramadan on Sat, they get Sun and Mon off.

If Eid starts on Sat they are back in the office on Monday.

I expect there will be an announcement tomorrow afternoon.

ETA - the thing that works on our favour is if we lose a day so do the Public Sector as theirs is based on Shawwal dates as well. Here's hoping they want a long one

Agree on this. I was chatting to a very attractive local Emirati lady in HSBC yesterday and she assured me Eid would be Sunday/Monday!

[rabailey]

Chilli said:

Erm, I need to tell the staff which days they are having off......any ideas??!!!

I thought the MOL (or who ever) sent a fax to all companies ?