national holiday

Oct.1 is the national holiday and in mainland we have a 7 day holiday. It seems to be quite good, but with a closer look it's a terrible thing: Oct 1&2nd are weekends, you should've taken a rest. Il faut traveille on Oct 8th and 9th, which are weekends again. So in total it's just a 3 day holiday.
It really sucks, the ones who designed this are more than stupid, it's a shame.