Why don't they give incentives to employees who work on holidays? This way, they won't hold a grudge that they won't be spending their days as usual. Holidays are special days, so they should at least feel special while they work.
It's supposed to be a mutual benefit for employers and employees. If this is not a good deal for them, then why should they work for a company that does care for them? The only reason companies thrive is because of them, too. It's simple to figure out.
I definitely prefer this, just give holidays to employee as it is but also give them the option to keep working in exchange for incentivization.
the company still need to run to be able to pay off the employees, if there's significant reduction on working days, I doubt the company can still stay in the competition and as a result, massive lay off.
we're facing reality where everything is trying to be better than us, same thing with corporation scene, although partly I also believe this full 9-5 work become this stressful partly because the executive always have the urge to constantly chase after higher profit every year as their target.