What holidays does a graphic designer get?

Answer 1

In 2000, I was working on an annual report for a company that, by law, had to have 10,000 copies of it in the mail (the press run was 20,000) on December 30. On December 22, I printed the film, stripped it, proofed it and sent it to the customer for approval. We were going to run 22,000 copies of the B side of both sigs and the cover (with this short a lead time, you run insurance copies) on December 24, let it dry on December 25 and print the A side on December 26. Two days in the bindery, and we'd have it. On December 23, the chief financial officer, who was quoted extensively throughout the book, was fired and arrested for embezzlement. On December 25, I was running all new film to replace that which was suddenly outdated and possibly illegal to use. We still got the job out, and I think my wife is still mad about this. Moral of the story: Graphic designers get holidays in accordance with their work loads--if you need to set type at midnight on your birthday when everyone else is getting drunk at your party, you're going to set type.