I have been working for a medical company where we report drug screen results to companies when they send their employees to do drug tests. Problem is this. They don't close down the day after Thanksgiving but require their employees to come in. We're not in an industry that requires us to be there. One day is not gonna affect their pocket. We're not a clinic or hospital and national security won't be affected if they close down for a day.

What they do is by 12 or 1 PM when we maybe get 4 calls they'll decide to close down but instead of paying you for the rest of the day they force you to use your own PTO (personal time off). Why should I be forced to use my PTO when the company decides to shut down? It wasn't my idea to come into work the day after Thanksgiving but you decided to shut down due to lack of call volume. This has been going on several years now from what other employees have told me. But they haven't learned their lesson that instead of opening the building paying for lights and all that stuff just give everyone the day off.

This sucks.
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Contrary to what you beleive, I've work for several companies that shut down the day after Thanksgiving cause most of them have family and friends in town or they themselves are out of town themselves.