At my place of work only one employee is allowed to be out on PTO at a time. I requested 2 days off the week before Christmas that was still available on our calendar. My manager declined my request for the two days because she is interested in taking that entire week off…and according to her if I want those two days off she will only approve it if I take off that entire week. She has also declined other employees trying to request pto around other major holidays for the same reason. I don't think employees should be competing with their manager for vacation time.