Managers not consistant with holiday allocations.

Acc72

It sounds as though you work for a large company ?

I would expect the company handbook to cover this issue (unless it just says "at managers discretion"?).

swingaloo

Im not complaining about not being able to take a half day because the sun is shining, I would never waste my holiday entitlement that way. Im simply saying that as All the other team managers will allow that and short notice holidays it is not fair that our team manager doesn't. We all work for the same company, have the same job description and contracts and the rules should be consistent across the workforce.

My daughters manager says he is in favour of people taking short notice holidays when there is availability as the company only allow a certain percentage of the workforce to take a holiday on any certain date. if every team manager made his team wait till holidays had been accrued then you would get an influx of holiday forms all going in at the same time. Holidays are not allowed in Nov, Dec and Jan as it is so they have to be used within a nine month period.

for all the staff to get all their holidays in (you are only allowed to carry over 3 days) there needs to be a percentage of workers off every day.

As I said before, Im not against accepting the rules and if we all had different departments, job titles etc then I would find it acceptable but when you are penalised simply because your team manager has different views to the others its very unfair.

The April holiday was granted because it was seen as a 'main annual holiday' being 2 weeks. He has said 'if you asked for another day before September be prepared to get knocked back'. One of my other colleagues with a different team manager has booked every day of her holidays for the coming year. she will have taken 19 days by mid August.

getmore4less

i think one solution might be peer pressure

all the other managers need to get on the case pointing out they are undermining the corporate culture and being an idiot.

and that none of there staff respect them

also get the other managers to take this higher.

CKhalvashi

What was the reason given for managers not giving time off?

In our company, priority for time off around religious holidays has preference given to foreign staff (once a year per person), however if I know about it long enough before (2-3 months minimum), I can book work accordingly meaning that within reason, staff are entitled to take off whatever time they want (with the exception of 3.5 weeks each year; 10 working days in May, 8 working days in November/1st week December)

This needs to be raised higher IMO, as I own a small company and know all my team personally, whereas the company you're working sounds much bigger.

CK