View Poll Results: Are your working hours changed during Ramadan?
Yes
8
50.00%
No
8
50.00%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll
Ramadan Office Timings
Oct 4th 2005, 5:38 am
#1
Powered by cows
Thread Starter
Joined: Jul 2004
Location: currently Dubai, ex UK
Posts: 4,582
Ramadan Office Timings
Hello,
Again - just curious - are your working hours changed for Ramadan?
Ok...
Auto
Again - just curious - are your working hours changed for Ramadan?
Ok...
Auto
Oct 4th 2005, 5:42 am
#2
Loading...
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Back in the sand
Posts: 1,279
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Officially, yes from 9-6 to 9-4 however in reality normal days just carry on... 
Oct 4th 2005, 5:45 am
#3
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,596
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Our Muslim colleagues get 2 hours off per day, 7-1.30, the rest of us work normally - Blatent Racism I'd call it!!!
Oct 4th 2005, 5:54 am
#4
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Somerset
Posts: 2,797
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
My other half works 8 - 5.30 but with changed hours its 10 - 4..... Nice to have him around more, even it is only for a month ( the only blessing of Ramadan)
Oct 4th 2005, 6:13 am
#5
Forum Regular
Joined: Jul 2005
Location: dubai
Posts: 160
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by MJC
Our Muslim colleagues get 2 hours off per day, 7-1.30, the rest of us work normally - Blatent Racism I'd call it!!!
http://www.mol.gov.ae/pages-EN/docum...-labour.HTML#l
hope this helps.
- article 65 relates to ramadan hours
- article 74 is interesting (notice no days off for christmas/easter)
- article 84 is amusing!
Oct 4th 2005, 6:36 am
#6
A Natural Blonde
Joined: Dec 2004
Location: Dubai
Posts: 410
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by Heart of gold
My other half works 8 - 5.30 but with changed hours its 10 - 4..... Nice to have him around more, even it is only for a month ( the only blessing of Ramadan)
Zx
Oct 4th 2005, 6:36 am
#7
**** it we'll do it live
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Dubai
Posts: 7,892
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
in theory I'm 8-6 as normal but if i decided to fast then it 8-2 or 9-3, so I am thinking of skiping lunch and seeing how it goes.
Frankly i seldom get lunch anyway or if i do its about 4pm anyway so no big difference really. but a shorter day sounds good to me
Frankly i seldom get lunch anyway or if i do its about 4pm anyway so no big difference really. but a shorter day sounds good to me
Oct 4th 2005, 7:14 am
#8
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Somerset
Posts: 2,797
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by Zannie
My hubby doesn't get shorter hours, but gets extra days holiday over Christmas etc. to compensate.
Zx
Zx
Along with Christmas too.... That would be nice, sadly its on and one off.
Oct 4th 2005, 7:18 am
#9
Banned
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,393
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by Heart of gold
even it is only for a month ( the only blessing of Ramadan)
Sorry, I just find this extremely offensive and blasphemious.
Oct 4th 2005, 7:31 am
#10
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Somerset
Posts: 2,797
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by CasaNova
Sorry, I just find this extremely offensive and blasphemious.
Sent you a PM
Oct 4th 2005, 9:08 am
#11
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,596
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
At worst insensitive, but extremely offensive and blasphemious ? I really don't think so.
Oct 4th 2005, 4:11 pm
#12
Trust Your Instincts.....
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Dubai
Posts: 1,404
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
My hours have reduced by 2hrs a day.........
My other half unfortunatly has gone the other way now instead of 8am - 9pm its more like 8am - 12pm or later........ now i wonder is that a good or a bad thing ... 
My other half unfortunatly has gone the other way now instead of 8am - 9pm its more like 8am - 12pm or later........ now i wonder is that a good or a bad thing
...
Oct 4th 2005, 6:37 pm
#13
Its all good
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Dubai
Posts: 7,650
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
[QUOTE=sassy]My hours have reduced by 2hrs a day.........
So have my free hours
So have my free hours
Oct 4th 2005, 7:25 pm
#14
**** it we'll do it live
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Dubai
Posts: 7,892
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
ok so for some crazy reason and i dont really know why so dont ask, i fasted today, no water, food or fags until 6.05pm.
boy it was strange. no food was fine, i didnt really miss it, no water was tough, no fags was a bitch! (didnt get to sod of early either which sucked)
weird thing was i felt pissed by the end of the day, totally out of it really, i had to wait for a while till i rekoned i was fit to drive. On reflection it was a lot easier than i thought but the fact that people are driving in that state scares me even more now i know first hand just how spaced out you get
on the plus side i reckon i'll have quit smoking by the end of ramadan, thats the longest i've ever gone without smoking
Going to give it a go again tommorrow, as i say i dont really know why other than i've never done it before and its a bit of a challenge and if i can stop smoking it would be a bonus
boy it was strange. no food was fine, i didnt really miss it, no water was tough, no fags was a bitch! (didnt get to sod of early either which sucked)
weird thing was i felt pissed by the end of the day, totally out of it really, i had to wait for a while till i rekoned i was fit to drive. On reflection it was a lot easier than i thought but the fact that people are driving in that state scares me even more now i know first hand just how spaced out you get
on the plus side i reckon i'll have quit smoking by the end of ramadan, thats the longest i've ever gone without smoking
Going to give it a go again tommorrow, as i say i dont really know why other than i've never done it before and its a bit of a challenge and if i can stop smoking it would be a bonus
Oct 4th 2005, 7:49 pm
#15
semarang
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: sand dune
Posts: 7,763
Re: Ramadan Office Timings
Originally Posted by shiva
ok so for some crazy reason and i dont really know why so dont ask, i fasted today, no water, food or fags until 6.05pm.
boy it was strange. no food was fine, i didnt really miss it, no water was tough, no fags was a bitch! (didnt get to sod of early either which sucked)
weird thing was i felt pissed by the end of the day, totally out of it really, i had to wait for a while till i rekoned i was fit to drive. On reflection it was a lot easier than i thought but the fact that people are driving in that state scares me even more now i know first hand just how spaced out you get
on the plus side i reckon i'll have quit smoking by the end of ramadan, thats the longest i've ever gone without smoking
Going to give it a go again tommorrow, as i say i dont really know why other than i've never done it before and its a bit of a challenge and if i can stop smoking it would be a bonus
boy it was strange. no food was fine, i didnt really miss it, no water was tough, no fags was a bitch! (didnt get to sod of early either which sucked)
weird thing was i felt pissed by the end of the day, totally out of it really, i had to wait for a while till i rekoned i was fit to drive. On reflection it was a lot easier than i thought but the fact that people are driving in that state scares me even more now i know first hand just how spaced out you get
on the plus side i reckon i'll have quit smoking by the end of ramadan, thats the longest i've ever gone without smoking
Going to give it a go again tommorrow, as i say i dont really know why other than i've never done it before and its a bit of a challenge and if i can stop smoking it would be a bonus
