In last Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you worked over Memorial Day Weekend this year.

We received just under 1,400 responses, and 58% of you reported that you took the day off. Associates in San Diego and Philadelphia were most likely to celebrate the holiday, with more than two thirds of respondents in those cities taking the full three-day weekend, while associates in Chicago, Denver, the Bay Area, and Texas were most likely to be working, with roughly half of respondents from those cities logging some billable hours. (Respondents in the Bay Area were also most likely to work over Christmas and New Year’s and on Martin Luther King’s birthday.)

Of those who spent the day at the office, about 52% reported that they weren’t actually asked to work the holiday, but had things they needed to get done, which is roughly the same as what we reported on Martin Luther King’s birthday. About a fifth said that partners told them to work on the holiday. About 14% were asked to work by clients. Another 12% said they needed the hours.

Just over two percent of respondents who worked over the holiday weekend, however, said that they “wanted to impress people.”

Almost two thirds of respondents who worked on the holiday believed that the work justified the sacrifice.

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Justin Bernold is a Director at Lateral Link, the sponsor of this Associate Life Survey.