Paid Post-Thanksgiving Holiday Coming Soon?
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The petition can be paraphrased to say that the federal employees and officers have had little to no real benefits from the government when it comes to the increase in cost of living and beneficiary programs and this has caused the vigor with which the officers used to work to go down. A paid day off would not go unappreciated and this will mean that federal employees are also cared for and they too deserve a day to spend with their families every once in a while.
The petition is slowly gaining momentum but it still is far off from the benchmark value signatures that are needed for the White house to even start considering it. A minimum of a 100 thousand signatures are required and there are not many days left to reach that value.
Similar requests have been granted in the past and there have been incidents where President Obama has deemed it wise to not give “Aye” to such petitions. Here’s hoping that if it’s what they deserve then the federal employees should get it. A prosperous federal government needs happy and devoted employees and this could go a long way in trying to give them the happiness they might be looking for.