WE went through the same thing at the place I worked a few years back but the day we HAD to work was Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day. Can you imagine the Roar. There were people that had many years of service who wait all year to have that time off and then 2 weeks before Christmas the big ugly CEO gave the demands. Every employee had to sign in and out with a 2 hour minimum stay. UGLY. The CEO was in his house in ARizona and couldn't possibly get back to come into work in Chicago. It only happened once........