Diwali is a major religious holiday. It is celebrated as a primary religious and cultural festival in India. So why then is the Plano Campus spending all sorts of money to have an outdoor festival during the work day for a religious holiday?
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@104 🤔 you are in The USA, not India. It would help you a little if you study U.S history a bit.
I feel the same way and I'm an Indian. Why do we have to celebrate with people at work anyway.
They celebrate it at my daughter’s school and they love it!! Why are we mad that people are celebrating anything and if it makes people happy?
@bf - I don't know, all those nights spent troubleshooting, configuring, updating, and keeping things up and running sure seem like wasted time when I should have just "done the needful and reply same" the entire time.
Let's all get together and celebrate Texas turning blue!!
I hate the description as Holiday party vs Christmas Party. Its Christmas. I never attended holiday parties, principle. No questions asked. Then I didnt goto a Diwali celebration, got questions.
Let's not over compensate for anyone but its ok to celebrate everyone.
@hq because friday's are always good, not many in the office mostly work from home
@fe Why does half the Bank have to work on Good Friday?
Why does half the bank have to work on Veteran’s Day?
@dv who is we?
Because we want to be inclusive by recognizing and celebrating all the different cultural heritages across the company...? (Alex, I'll take 500 for the win!)
And (ahem), perhaps raise awareness among close-minded a-holes like you.
just sayin'.
@ad Three woke states (is not "many states")
I have no problem with celebrating diversity of our teams. The big joke was years ago SG had a Christmas party but in Jax we have nothing. We never have parties. Just food bribes to get us in the office.
@aj Those are not religious events!
Because in some parts of India, churches get attacked for celebrating Christmas.
Enjoy the samosa lol
What’s wrong? This soil is India not America according to Columbus. We are technically Bank of India.
You didn't get the memo? We have shipped so much work to India we are changing our name to The Bank of India. Wouldn't it be nice if we stop abusing H1B visas, sending work overseas. It's strictly A money game for the executives to pad their pay and bonus. You will never convince me there no trained Americans that can't do what they do India or have workers shipped in on H1B visa.
Likely because someone helped to coordinate it. There are usually volunteers who run engagement events and they decide what events to plan. Join the committee and you too can decide to host your favorite event as long as you get the majority of people in the group to agree with you and people actually attend your event and provide positive feedback. I’m happy to celebrate anything especially if there is free food.
And why celebrate Cinco DeMayo or St. Patrick’s day when those aren’t part of Texas either.
There isn’t a celebration for Christmas at my campus, but food is catered for Diwali events across campus.
@OP You should be ashamed of yourself. You are an id--t.Many states recognize Diwali and some states even declared holiday
Because people like to be seen and acknowledged. And from this post we can see that you’re an a-s-s hole.