An employee messaged me today:
“Do we get the Kirkiversary off?”
I stared at the message for a while.
Not because I didn’t understand the question.
Because I needed to understand his intent.
So I replied:
“Can you clarify what Kirkiversary means to you?”
He said:
“I just want to know if we’re working.”
Interesting.
Transactional.
No reflection.
No reverence.
Just immediately looking for a day off.
So I scheduled a Kirkiversary Eligibility Meeting.
Mandatory.
He joined and said:
“Wait, this is a real meeting?”
Not the energy I wanted.
I asked him to explain why he believed he deserved Kirkiversary off.
He said:
“Because everyone keeps talking about it.”
Exactly.
Peer pressure.
By lunch, I released the official Kirkiversary Attendance Policy.
Kirkiversary is not technically a company holiday.
However, employees may request observance leave if they can demonstrate a meaningful connection to the occasion.
Acceptable documentation includes:
A written statement.
A personal reflection.
Or an action plan to spend the holiday traveling to a college campus to yell at students.