[COOL_DUDE_2112]

When I had a team, we'd trade based on faith -- Jewish or Muslim folks worked Christmas, and on their holidays us "cultural Catholics"[1] covered so they could have "their" day off.

Even among those who were no longer religious, folks often had families who still hold these beliefs.

(I was educated in a Catholic school, was an altar boy, and will never return to either place, so I use the term "cultural Catholicism" to distinguish my agnosticism from the full blown atheism I see on HN which often has a bit too right libertarian branding for my left libertarian tastes.)

[TimeWeSp]

Didn't you still run into times when most people wanted the time off? For example, times when schools are off, so everybody who is a parent wants that time off, regardless of whether it lines up with their cultural or religious important dates?

[toast0]

Not everyone has kids. Even if everyone has kids, most of the time employees will be in different school districts and have different holiday calendars.

[COOL_DUDE_2112]

No