Foreign employer complains over many holidays in Kenya after gazettement of Monday
An American employer, Jason Marshall complains over many holidays slamming the government letting his employees participate in a tree-planting on Monday
An American employer, Jason Marshall complains over many holidays slamming the government letting his employees participate in a tree-planting on Monday.
In a post on the X formerly Twitter, the foreigner lamented that his staff would be celebrating a tree-planting day rather than working.
“So many holidays in Kenya. Our Kenyan staff is gonna be out on Monday for Tree Planting Day. What? Seriously?” Jason Marshall wondered.
Marshall observed that Kenya celebrates needless events, in contrast to America, which has few of them.
He added that bank and government workers in the US typically take the holidays.
“In the US, only for bank and government employees. For years, I worked at a leading US company and had 6 paid holidays per year (New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day were half of the 6),” Marshall explained.
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According to Marshall, in the United States, government and bank employees receive 11 federal holidays, while most employees who work for private sectors receive about 7 to 8 holidays in a calendar year.
“Bankers and government people get all 11 federal holidays off (15 per cent of workers). Most private sector employees get 7 or 8 holidays in the USA. 10 vacation days is standard also,” he noted.
“I’ve worked in the USA for over 30 years, I’ve never had a paid Jewish or Muslim holiday. I’ve never had Good Friday paid either. Christmas is the only Christian holiday I’ve ever had as a paid vacation day.”
According to Marshall, despite his employees going on a free holiday, he noted the company would still incur payments for the day off.
His statement comes after the government announced a tree-planting holiday scheduled for November 13 in a gazette notice released by the Ministry of Interior.
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