It was *amazingly* noisy in the Melbourne CBD last night. Big "last days of Rome" energy as the festive season approaches...
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Tim Richards (timrichards@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 09:55:40 JST Tim Richards -
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Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 09:55:38 JST Sean Bala My less-than-charitable take is that as wages stagnated globally, this sort of thing became a way for employers to give something to employees instead of a good annual increase. But I am in a grouchy mood at the moment so that might color this thought....
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Tim Richards (timrichards@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 09:55:40 JST Tim Richards Something I've noticed in recent years is that people tend to finish work before Xmas about a week before the actual day. When I was initially in the workforce years ago, we worked right up to and including 24 Dec. Not sure when that shift came about.
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