I work at an advertising agency. Previously, I worked in market research for a personal-care products company, and a food company.
Our holiday schedule for this year is:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year's Eve
This is pretty much the same schedule that I had at my previous jobs, except that we didn't get MLK Day or Presidents Day off.
MLK Day is a relatively recent holiday (only established about 20 years ago), and a lot of businesses seem to treat it like Presidents Day and Columbus Day (and, thus, they don't close for them).
Many offices (and pretty much all schools) close for the day after Thanksgiving, probably figuring that absenteeism would be rampant that day anyway.
Frequently, the places where I've worked will give an extra day off next to Independence Day, if it falls on a Tuesday or Thursday (in order to give a 4-day weekend). With the 4th falling smack in the middle of the week this year, we're out of luck. (OTOH, I'm going to Origins that weekend, and was going to take that Thursday and Friday off this year anyway.)
These days off are pretty common for people who work in offices. If you work retail, you can't count on getting a lot of those holidays off...many stores are open every day except Christmas.
Finally, most years, my agency closes during the week between Christmas and New Year's, so it's a full week+ off. Sweet.
