Where can I get work for Christmas Day?

[tell-me-more]

I don't celebrate Christmas so I'm happy to work on Christmas Day if the pay makes it worth it. I remember hearing that some staff got quadruple pay for working on Christmas Day but I haven't managed to find any such jobs online. Anyone know where I might find them?

[yummy]

I don't know about online, but you could try your local supermarkets? My brother (17 at the time) worked through Christmas at Asda and managed to scoop up double pay or something like that.

[joko]

your best bet is try local bars and restaurants they are crying out for staff at xmas

[Bottom]

the only place I no to be open is a garge try there?

[Bottom]

sorry petrol garge, they are always open on xmas day, other than that a carers job would also need staff xmas day, as my mum has done it a few times, as it is what she does.

[Buenchico]

Nobody is going to employ you to work on Christmas Day unless you can prove that you've got relevant experience. For example, there are plenty of pubs which serve Christmas Day lunch. They'll be charging their customers somewhere between �40 and �70 per head for a meal which they would normally only charge �10 to �15 for. At those prices they know that their customers have every right to expect efficient service from well-trained staff. The last thing a publican wants to do is to have to start training someone new on one of his busiest days of the year.

So, before you start looking for work on Christmas Day, you need to think about what skills and experience you have to offer. You'll also have to accept that most employers won't want people just for that day but for several days over the Christmas period.

You state that you've heard that quadruple pay might be on offer on Christmas Day. This could certainly be the case, say, working in the kitchens of a big London hotel but it's not necessarily the norm. I've worked on Christmas Day many times (and loved it) but the best I've ever been paid was 'normal pay plus a free lunch for two'. I've worked several times just for the legal minimum wage (because I'd rather do that than watch some boring old film on TV).

Chris