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Can’t request vacation more than 3 months out???

My job won't let us request time off more than 3 months in advance. Needless to say, this makes planning a vacation incredibly difficult and expensive, as I'm not about to buy a plane ticket before getting approval from Mommy, I mean my boss, first. The final straw was when I asked for July29 thru Aug 5 off. Instead I got a reply saying my July dates were approved but not Aug, as I have to wait until May 1st to request off August dates [wtf]. This felt really stupid to me so I asked: why a 3 month cap? Here was the reponse: Traditional most areas/companies only allow one maybe two vacations per year. If each person were limited to one or two vacations per year removing the three-month cutoff timeframe is something that could be contemplated. Approving time off must be fair and equitable. For those who do…


My job won't let us request time off more than 3 months in advance. Needless to say, this makes planning a vacation incredibly difficult and expensive, as I'm not about to buy a plane ticket before getting approval from Mommy, I mean my boss, first.

The final straw was when I asked for July29 thru Aug 5 off. Instead I got a reply saying my July dates were approved but not Aug, as I have to wait until May 1st to request off August dates [wtf]. This felt really stupid to me so I asked: why a 3 month cap? Here was the reponse:

Traditional most areas/companies only allow one maybe two vacations per year. If each person were limited to one or two vacations per year removing the three-month cutoff timeframe is something that could be contemplated. Approving time off must be fair and equitable. For those who do not request off a lot, consideration must be given to them as well when they do request vacation. It is difficult to adequately staff shifts now with all the vacation requests.

I really want to ask followup questions like:
“So my vacation is affected because management can't keep staffing up to par?”
“If I want to plan a vacation in 2024 i literally can't because… other people may want the same date as me in 2024???”

I don't even know how to professionally address any of this, as it's all so fucking stupid to me and I'm very upset atm… How do I professionally reply to this ??

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