Matt Baril

We have a stat holiday coming up next Monday here in Canada and it got me thinking once more as I had the choice to either work or stay at home. I personally hate working stat holidays and I've never quite understood some of my colleagues who will just accept working any stat holidays to make a little extra cash. I just can't understand because it simply doesn't make any economic sense.

Working on a stat holiday basically means that you're ready to do the same work you usually do, with the extra pain of losing an opportunity to spend time with your family and your friends, for half the wage you usually get paid. You get 100% of your wage if you stay at home and 150% if you go to work, which means that in fact, you're working for 50% of your regular salary.

Obviously, if you find holidays boring, if you badly need money, if your employer pays 200% for stat holidays, or if you're forced to work during holidays, then it might make sense to go to work, otherwise you're getting screwed over…