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The principle “some work, others rest” is the basis of any social relations. And this New Year, while some will have fun, others will work and help the first: heal, save, protect and deliver. They will listen to the president's address not for festive table but in the workplace. Five heroes told Downtown why they would have to new year's eve on duty and what they expect from the upcoming work-holiday shift.

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Catherine, doctor in the trauma department

This is the third time I have to work for New Year. This year it happened because another doctor ahead of me moved his shift to the 4th, and I have nowhere to go - there is no one else to take the shift on the 31st. I'm not trying to shirk, I just don't want to leave my husband. But at work we try to make everything festive. I'm going to bring meat rolls and homemade pate to the New Year's table. At work, of course, not at home, but still fun. "Blue Light" let's see, let's sing.

I wanted to

Alexander, fire safety officer

The fact that I will be at work on the upcoming New Year's Eve is not accidental. At home, I don’t have anyone to celebrate with, so I specifically asked the authorities to put me on a shift from the 31st to the 1st. It seems to me that there is nothing wrong with celebrating the New Year in a working environment. I'm somehow more pleasant with my comrades, more fun. I hope the night will be calm, there will be no calls, and I will be able to watch New Year's programs, eat delicious food, play cards with the guys. We are planning to set off fireworks. Subject to safety standards, of course.

To replace

Eugene, city ​​taxi driver

I'm used to driving on New Year's Eve. I just take this holiday calmly, so it’s not at all difficult for me to work. This time, a friend asked me to replace him: to marry him on a flight, because he and his family are going to visit relatives in Kaliningrad. On New Year's Eve, it's fun to go on a flight: sometimes you come across such passengers! Somehow, about 3 years ago, this one fell into the salon, lay down in the back seat and fell asleep almost instantly. I wake him up, and he hands me 5 thousand and mutters that I drive him until 6 in the morning. I had not to take other orders, but to mess around with it. What to do, in the New Year you need to be kinder.

Tough schedule

Michael, police officer on duty

Our bosses prescribe a schedule for us a month in advance, and if you happen to be on duty on New Year's Eve, then you need to be on duty. For the first time I will not be at home for the New Year. It's sad, but debt is debt. I will try to make the atmosphere in the office as festive as possible. Already bought a tree branch and christmas balls. I also want to make a small game program so as not to get bored yourself, and to please colleagues. The most important thing is to have as few calls as possible. And they said that last New Year's Eve a lot of elderly people called, most of them from South-Western, and they all complained about noisy neighbors. Although the attendants understood that on New Year's Eve after 11 you can afford to make some noise, you still had to go to sort it out.

old debt

Elena, traffic police officer

A year ago, on New Year's holidays, I went on a honeymoon trip and asked a colleague to take my shift, which fell just on the night of 31 to 1. It was my turn to help out, so now I will be on duty for him for the New Year. Of course, it’s always better to celebrate with family and friends, and you can’t set a table in a patrol car, but I don’t get very upset. We will be on duty at the main city Christmas tree, and it is always fun there. So you won't be bored. By the way, come to Lenin Square yourself. There, closer to three in the morning on January 1, the townspeople arrange such concerts - a real spectacle.

New Year - family celebration and we are used to meeting him at home. All day long we fuss in the kitchen, watch our favorite films… However, not everyone can have fun with their families. Someone has to perform their official duties under the chimes. The heroes of the “To tell the truth” column told how it is to celebrate the New Year at the workplace.

So so perspective

Daria Markovskaya, waiter, Ivatsevichi:

- I will work on New Year's Eve. First. When I got a job in a restaurant, I did not think about such a scenario. There was an obsessive thought: what if it blows over? I was very disappointed when I found out it wasn't. I planned to visit my parents and go somewhere with my friends. And so all night you have to run from one table to another. There was no point in changing with someone - you work either on the 31st or on the 1st. So-so perspective. I really celebrate the New Year only on weekends. We will purely symbolically celebrate with colleagues at the workplace, and then a tray in hand - and work. We expect a lot of visitors. All tables booked three weeks ago. So there will not be a free minute to take a breath. I hope my colleagues and I still have a great time, and I'll make up the rest myself.

More fun with foreigners

Dmitry Omelchuk, hostel administrator, Bobruisk:

- If someone is trying to get away from work on New Year's, then I'm the opposite - I asked the management to put me on December 31st. For the first time I will meet a holiday outside the home. And I still have time to go somewhere with friends and in some quiet place to celebrate New Year's Eve. I do not think that work on New Year's Eve will be different from a normal working day. It is hard to endure the day and not fall asleep. Our hostel often receives foreign tourists, so the New Year will meet with them. Plus, the director's family will join in - it won't be boring. Some restaurants prohibit celebrating with guests, but we want the guests to have a good impression of our country. Here we are celebrating together.

Holiday on the road

Veronika Shimko, programmer, Minsk:

- Eleven and a half months a year I am a programmer, and my husband is a finisher. But for two weeks we plunge into a fairy tale and become Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. We have been working on New Year's Eve for almost five years. Our temporary profession does not allow itself such a luxury as permanence. The chiming clock caught us in the storerooms of restaurants, and near the entrance to the hotel, and on the hostel watch, and in the subway. Last year, at ten minutes to twelve, they broke into my mother's house in order to have time to celebrate the holiday with her. True, on the way I stepped on the belt and did not fit into the door. But it frightened the neighbors, who, apparently, decided that the New Year was rushing towards them. Now we go to families, congratulate children. They are waiting for magic, preparing and rejoicing at the arrival of Santa Claus, and their eyes glow with delight. Just for the sake of this, you want to put on a suit again and again.

Until the last customer

Vladimir Solovyov, administrator at a car wash, Lida:

- I am lucky, because my working day on December 31 will end at ten in the evening. But we work until the last client, so it is likely that I will get home much later. In winter we have the biggest load. Everyone wants to get their car in order. If the weather is clear, the lines will be like in a store. And all motorists need to be served so that in the new year they drive clean cars. So there is not much choice, and I am glad to work. The prospect of celebrating the New Year at the workplace does not scare. We have a great team, if anything, we will celebrate together.

As a meeting, I will hold

Irina Myshkovskaya, vocalist, Minsk:

- To be honest, I don’t see the difference between working on a normal day and a holiday. A similar problem may be relevant for teenagers. I have not celebrated the New Year at home for ten years. And it seems that the saying “as you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it” is exactly about me. After all, there was no such year that I celebrated with my family. Only on the first day with my husband we go to our parents for dinner. I had to see a lot: how visitors sort things out, and even fight, dance funny. I like that I am part of the holiday. If you think that I only sing new year songs, then you are wrong. I perform a maximum of two or three compositions per night, most often from the ABBA repertoire. Visitors have enough general atmosphere. My husband and I will never go to a restaurant to celebrate a holiday. We will spend New Year's Eve at home in front of the TV.

I'm lucky

Tatyana Sanikovich, nurse, Minsk:

I got a job at the hospital last year. On New Year's Eve, I was put on duty. Everything would be fine, but my 31st is also a birthday. I took a cake, hoping to taste a piece with colleagues in the evening. But there was a lot of work. Before the holiday, several people were discharged, only serious patients remained, who had to be constantly approached, dressed or given medicine. I never feel like I'm having a holiday anyway, and in the working atmosphere it became completely sad. Closer to eleven in the evening, my colleagues surprised me. Supposedly sent to the patient, and there is a cake with candles, flowers and a gift. We sat, and then ran to the patients. So we met the New Year - we chatted a little and "flew" to the wards. The duty was not crazy, but pretty exhausting. Fortunately, this year we will meet the holidays at home.

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In preparation for the New Year's Eve, someone reserves a table in a restaurant, and someone makes a festive menu ... But there are those who will work on New Year's Eve and provide a holiday for other people. the site learned what it is like to celebrate the New Year in the service of a flight attendant, hotel manager, McDonals employee, host and duty officer of the Kyiv Metro.

Eugene, host of events, MS:

For me, celebrating the New Year at work is a common thing: for 14 years of work as a host for 7 years, I spend a festive night on stage, with a glass of champagne in my hands, which sometimes becomes the first and last for the entire New Year's Eve - it's not always possible to sit down and even catch my breath. I can't imagine New Year's Eve any other way. It's better for me to meet him at work than to sit in front of a bowl of Olivier and half-asleep watch the 156th edition of the New Year's Light, where every two minutes they show either Maxim Galkin or Nikolai Baskov!

And we usually get bored and do not have to sleep. By the way, the above artists sometimes celebrate the New Year with us! Every New Year brings new faces, new acquaintances, cities and impressions. And who if not we, the leaders? Imagine if it wasn't for us?!

Working in the New Year is my job, and I am obliged to do it, just like the border guard, conductor, doctor and others who help and make life easier for people. Many consider it to be "light bread". Bought myself new suit, learned a couple of three toasts, and there - drink, dance and have fun with people. Never agree with this! This is a very hard job that someone has to do, as the same doctors, firefighters and others do it. Therefore, I repeat: “Who if not we, the hosts ?!”.

It’s better for me to meet him at work than to sit in front of a bowl of Olivier and half-asleep watch the 156th issue of the New Year’s Light

Over time, you get used to everything. Both my friends and relatives have long been accustomed to and adapted to celebrate this holiday with me, if possible. I usually book a table for friends and family at the venue where I perform. Although it happens that such an opportunity does not fall out. In this case, the joint celebration is postponed to the first or second of January. In our country, the whole of January “drink and walk” is continuous holidays.

Yes, I drink one glass of champagne a night, with which you congratulate people at midnight. Usually he is the only one, since the work of the presenter implies sober thinking and clear pronunciation! Although it happens differently. It all depends on the contingent of people. It happens that guests themselves ask to sit with them during breaks and celebrate this holiday.

I didn’t have time to make a wish and didn’t even try. At this moment, I am busy congratulating people on the New Year, and making sure that they themselves do not forget to make a wish under the chimes.

Every New Year is remembered only by positive moments. Although the curiosities that occurred on New Year's Eve are postponed in my head. One of them happened in one of the boarding houses in Yalta, where I was lucky enough to perform on New Year's Eve. At 23:50, according to the script, all the guests left the restaurant to the nearby pool to celebrate the New Year. Under the chiming clock, after my congratulations, according to the same scenario, at exactly 00:00 there should have been fireworks. Everything was smooth and without overlays. People came out, the President's speech was broadcast, the chimes sounded, my congratulatory text, and finally the long-awaited salute. But it sounded, as it turned out, unexpectedly, for Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, standing behind me and a step away from the pool. Out of fright, these New Year characters fell into the pool. Nobody expected such a surprise. Naturally, this made people very happy, amused - and, I'm sure, they remembered it for a lifetime!

Natalia, stewardess:

We celebrate the New Year at work a year later, that is, if I was in the service in 2013, then I will celebrate the year at home in 2014. Usually it doesn’t get boring - after all, everyone is united by a festive atmosphere! Everyone has a family, relatives and friends at home, and those who get on the flight to the New Year celebrations simply break away completely from hopelessness. Our work involves working in a team, so the holidays are held in a very warm and friendly atmosphere!

We have the opportunity not to work on holidays, otherwise the airline would stop working on these days.

Relatives and friends understand that this is work and there is no escape from it, even on such a day.

We can't drink at work, it's strictly forbidden! But if you flew on a business trip and there was at least a day before the next flight, then yes! Before departure, we go through a doctor, and even one glass of champagne can be easily identified.

The captain of the ship usually warns about the approach of the New Year and informs the passengers. And we treat everyone with a glass of champagne, we are charged with positive from our customers and we are waiting for the arrival in order to celebrate this holiday ourselves.

The celebration usually takes place according to the standard program, but according to the traditions of the country to which we actually fly. The coolest thing, probably, is to celebrate the New Year at an altitude of 10,000 meters, somewhere above the ocean. I have never experienced this, but colleagues told me that it was unusual and cool!

Igor, hotel manager:

The New Year is a holiday that has a special meaning for me, and I'm used to spending it with my family or friends. But there are exceptions to the rule when you have to spend New Year's Eve at work. Of course, it is a pleasure to celebrate the New Year with our team, and if you maintain such a mood, then this night will also become festive for all employees.

It so happened that from year to year it is impossible to guess whether I will have a shift or not. Everything depends on the schedule.

Family and friends understand that if I do not go to work, I will set my team up. This was my choice when I got the job and I was clearly aware that I would have to work in holidays.

Yes, it is possible to drink champagne on New Year's Eve, but the higher the position I received, the less time I had for the holiday.

Every New Year at work was memorable. Many friends tried to come “visit” me to work, but it’s good that I managed to dissuade them in time.

Evgenia, duty officer of the Kyiv metro station:

It's fun to celebrate the New Year at work, it's never lonely, and you always hear congratulations from employees and passengers. And in the end, the question disappears: “Where to celebrate the New Year?”.

I go to work on schedule. The metro has round-the-clock duty, so some shift still has to celebrate the New Year away from home. The family treats the work with understanding. And my husband did not want to stay at home and came to work with me, and they celebrated it.

Yes, I managed to drink a glass of champagne at midnight (but this is a secret!). She made a wish. It hasn't happened yet, but it's getting there.

In the end, if you are at work on New Year's Eve, the question disappears: “Where to celebrate the New Year?”.

I remember how at 00.00 all the passengers at the station were congratulated on the New Year by loudspeakers, and tangerines were presented to the drivers of each train.

Sergey, McDonald's employee:

Few people know that McDonald’s employees work until 22.00 on New Year’s Eve. But on the eve of the New Year's Eve, the service is really fun. Firstly, you are surrounded (until 22.00) by those people with whom you work all year, and everyone is in a cool mood. Everyone is happy and the work goes faster. Personally, on New Year's Eve, I worked only 1 shift (seeing off 2012).

I went to work on December 31st, according to the schedule. As you put it, so it works. Relatives reacted calmly. They only said to come home faster and help set the table.

I had a chance to drink champagne before leaving home. There was a traditional opening of champagne with cotton, the director or the senior on the shift made a toast, and then they all quickly drank it, because they had to hurry home.

The funniest thing is to work on January 1st. We open at 11am that day. You take orders from visitors, you see their happy faces (you are a little jealous - you are at work), they congratulate you and ask in surprise: “How do you work? Come celebrate the New Year with us!

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The New Year is considered a family holiday, although some of us cannot boast of seeing off the outgoing year and meeting the coming year with family and friends. But how you meet the New Year, so you will spend it, or is it just an old saying that has not been used in practice for a long time? Meanwhile, its effectiveness has to be checked from year to year by a whole army of workers. And if some of them work on the eve of the holiday and in its midst, based on selfish motives, then the other part simply has no other choice. Apparently, we are talking not only about bearded men in red coats and their eternal companions in blue coats and blond hair. Who had to sacrifice a legitimate serving of Olivier and a glass of champagne at the appointed rush hour? Let's figure this out.

Tell me how much you earn on New Year's Eve and I'll tell you what you do

It cannot be said that, having sacrificed the New Year, the same animators suffer endlessly, because it is during the period new year holidays they manage to earn the most money. Actually, it is these holidays that thousands of Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens all over the country are waiting for a whole year, so that in just a week or two they will earn as much as others earn in a few months. The most generous for fees and tips is New Year's Eve itself. Just when the majority is desperately celebrating, making wishes and having fun, "New Year's" workers provide comfortable conditions for someone else's celebration to go "with a bang."

The list of voluntary New Year's workers includes: singers, dancers, DJs, animators, event hosts, drivers, fireworks launchers, chefs, waiters, bartenders, gift wrappers, photographers and many others.

Most Popular animators on New Year's Eve - this is Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, the starting price for their services on the 31st ranges from 4300 to 9000 rubles. Already on January 1-2, the initial "earnings fork" becomes much smaller - 1900-3000 rubles. The profitability of the work of a grandfather and his granddaughter depends on the accumulated customer base and experience. As for other entertainment artists, their earnings are strikingly different from each other and depend primarily on their popularity and "hype". If you close your eyes to the fabulous fees of Alla Pugacheva, Nikolai Baskov, Philip Kirkorov and the rest of the "show business fraternity", who are not the first to earn about a million dollars for a performance on New Year's Eve, an "ordinary" Russian artist earns about 2000-5000 rubles per hour on New Year's Eve . We are talking not only about dancing, singing, but also about colloquial genre workers - hosts of events. Of course, many Russian hosts are far from Galkin and Urgant, who earn about a hundred thousand dollars a night, although half the average Moscow salary in one night is a good income!

Drivers with a personal car who want to earn extra money, or taxi drivers work on New Year's Eve and after at least double the rate, so this period of time is truly "golden" for them. As a result, "taxing" drivers can earn 20-30 thousand rubles for December 31-January 1. It is noteworthy that many taxi services have "holiday rates" until January 6-7. By the way, the cost of a trip a few hours before the chiming clock doubles, and after - even four (!).

Chefs, confectioners, waiters and bartenders- irreplaceable participants in the service of organizing a festive feast. How can a New Year's meal pass without them? Of course not! Given the level of their importance in organizing a holiday, the income level, for example, of cooks starts from 25 thousand rubles. A waiter working at an event on New Year's Eve earns from 3 thousand rubles. Plus, they don't have to complain about tips received in the middle of the fun.

Work on New Year's Eve on a voluntary basis

Alas, the result of a crazy celebration is: fires, poisoning, injuries, so all existing rescue services do not remain without work during this period. Doctors, emergency teams, police and firefighters are on duty with a special vigil on the night of December 31 to January 1 to help out, or even save those for whom the holiday turned into a drama in an instant. For the doctors and nurses themselves, firefighters, police officers, traffic police officers, metro workers (by the way, the Moscow metro is open on January 1 until two o'clock), working on New Year's Eve has long been no longer a heavy duty, although they are not paid fabulous money for hours spent in working mode . Is it true, Labor Code The Russian Federation provides for payment for work on public holidays, including the New Year, at a double rate.

In addition to the employees of the listed rescue services, the New Year is celebrated at work by media workers. Journalists are obliged to cover all the "hottest" news, regardless of calendar dates and time of day. At the same time, there is a whole category of employees who are responsible for the uninterrupted broadcast of endless “blue lights” and, most importantly, congratulations from the head of state. Internet resources also do not stop their work throughout the New Year's Eve - armies are diligently working on this. "IT people", editors, writers and other specialists.

New Year activates the workflow and in the service sector: hotels populate guests around the clock (a fixed check-out time is temporarily canceled), and restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and spas serve everyone who wants to celebrate a holiday outside the home. In addition, work on the holiday is provided employees of 24-hour supermarkets, pharmacies and shops. "New Year's watch" is a common thing for on-duty workers and shift workers, utilities, mobile operators. In addition, in near-Earth space, the arrival of the New Year is welcomed ISS astronauts, at a time when the work of all systems of the space station is monitored mission control staff. The security of industrial and commercial facilities also takes place as usual, despite the holidays, so guards are also included in the list of "New Year's workers".

on the alert

By the way, it is during the period of general fun that the activity of “knife and ax workers” – swindlers, pickpockets and robbers – grows. It is difficult to add them to the list of workers, however, it is on New Year's Eve and the following weekend that they turn their "business", resulting in an increase in the number of car thefts and thefts. This should not be forgotten even in the midst of the holiday.

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The entire working-age population on the eve of the New Year holidays is divided into two categories. The first group includes people who spend the money earned during the year on New Year's fairs and sales; they also plan how they will spend New Year's Eve - so that it is joyful, with a twinkle and without fatal consequences for the budget.

The second category includes people for whom the New Year is a time of hard work. They look at the holidays from a completely different angle. A good job or part-time job can provide a significant replenishment of the budget, and you can treat yourself to Olivier after the New Year.

If you have not yet decided which category you will join this year, or you are already actively looking for an opportunity to earn money during the New Year holidays, our selection of employment options for you in December and on New Year's Eve is for you.

Sale of Christmas trees

The work is valid for the period from 10 to 31 December. Those wishing to try themselves in the role of sellers of Christmas trees should take into account that this is work on the street (as some employers wittily note in ads, “outdoor work”). You will need warm clothes and shoes; this employment option should not be thought of by those who are prone to colds and are afraid of the cold.

The ability to sell a product is important: the competition is high, so just standing in the middle of the street, instead of a salary, you can earn hypothermia, and nothing more. Especially - the seller of Christmas trees receives a rate (from 1000 rubles per shift) and a percentage of sales. The more you sell, the more you earn.

Warehouse work

Since trade is revitalized before the New Year, the need for workers who are engaged in loading / unloading goods and its packaging increases. You can get a job without experience. The work schedule is usually flexible. Payment - from 300 rubles. at one o'clock.

Cashier

Yes, every supermarket has full-time cashiers, but on the eve of the New Year holidays, the workload increases, and many stores, retail outlets, and shopping centers are recruiting freelance cashiers to cope with the flow of customers.

Responsibilities are standard: settlement of buyers using a cash register, safety of cash documents and cash, participation in collection. For a month (the work is relevant throughout December), you can earn from 30 thousand rubles.

Salesman

In supermarkets and shops, not only cashiers are required, but also sellers. Responsibilities are standard: competent display of goods, consulting and quality customer service. For a month you can earn from 30 thousand rubles. and higher: depending on the place of work, the complexity of tasks, the number of shifts.

Taxi driver

Drivers with experience (on average, employers require work experience of 3 years or more) can earn extra money in December, delivering citizens who are maddened by the celebrations. The season begins in December: as soon as corporate parties begin in companies, there is a need for comfortable, fast and safe transport.

On the very eve of the New Year holidays, tariffs increase by 20%, so per month you can earn from 60 thousand rubles. What is nice - the driver regulates the working time and the number of orders per shift. So it is not at all necessary to sacrifice rest and communication with the family: if you moderate your material needs, then the evening of December 31 can be spent with relatives and friends.

copywriter

If you are good at writing texts, you can try to make money on it. In December, the demand for holiday scenarios increases sharply, New Year's greetings, texts for postcards, calendars and other attributes of the New Year.

If you write in verse - a big plus (to congratulations on poetic form service consumers are particularly sensitive). But good, sincere texts in prose will also be in demand.

It is difficult to name a financial benchmark: it is determined by how you will be able to sell yourself. The range of market prices is wide: from 100 to 1000 rubles. for a thousand characters.

Waiter

Work experience is not required; more important are such qualities as politeness, accuracy, attentiveness, pleasant appearance, good memory. Responsibilities include serving New Year's tables, serving dishes, serving guests of the institution.

For one New Year's Eve, you can earn from 3 thousand rubles.

Ded Moroz and Snegurochka

In professional language, this is called "animator". The task of the animator is to create a holiday. Today there are many more ways to create a holiday than before. So, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden do not have to bring a bag of gifts under the Christmas tree: you can record a New Year's video message or congratulate someone on the phone (such services are actively offered by event agencies and freelance Santa Clauses). Accordingly, the range of talents that animators, professionals and self-taught can use is expanding.

For the “classic” version of a part-time job for the New Year - holding corporate parties, congratulating employees in offices, congratulating adults and kids at home - you need a suit and courage. It is also desirable to have at least basic acting skills and minimal experience. To hold a high-quality corporate party in a large team, you will also need a script and already confident experience in public speaking.

It’s good to start the career of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden in an event agency: they will help with a costume, give ready-made scenarios, support with a kind word and advice, and you don’t need to look for clients yourself. True, you will have to give the agency part of the fee. But even under these conditions, in a few New Year's Eve days, you can earn from 60 thousand rubles.

Vacancies for everyone who wants to earn money during the New Year holidays (in the listed areas and not only) search link >>>>>

Clue:

You can look for work on job search sites, or you can look into a supermarket near your home and ask if they need cashiers or sellers during the New Year holidays. You can ask your friends if someone is interested in congratulating Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden - you can ask, give a business card and ask them to give it to people who are waiting, can not wait for the visit of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden to their home. In general, you should be creative in your job search.

We wish you work in joy and worthy material reward for it!

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