As stated above, my job has come out with a new policy where we have to send work-off requests to our director. It used to be (and as far as I know it has worked just fine) that we'd only have to tell our Branch Manager and Assistant Manager of when we needed/were requesting work off, and we'd have no problems getting approval and getting paid. This new change is now we have to have the Director's approval which is at least a step if not 2 steps above my Branch Manager.
With this new change, I'm now terrified that I will either A.) Not get my time off requests/notices approved and will be forced to work &/or B.) Not get paid for said requests/notices. I feel like a spoiled brat for getting upset about this and the email sent out did nothing to quell my fears. Please tell me if I'm being stupid about this or not.
Images are of the email (with blanked-out names) and the new request form.
