Why do companies schedule important deadlines the day before a holiday?
Esp. when they know that half or more of the staff will be out. I know that the days before Christmas will be maddening, yet the first 2 or 3 weeks of the new year are always slow. Why is that?
Everyone knows the holiday calendar. Schedule important deadlines away from the holiday weeks. It's not that hard.
My guess is that people like to show off how important they are or how hard they're working. They want to be able to say, "I got this done in advance of the holidays while everyone else took off from work." Yes, because working is much more important than being an actual human being.
Here's the truth. Unless your work involves actually saving lives or feeding people or caring for the sick or some other life essential service, it can wait two days. No one is going to review your deliverable until after the holidays.
