To find it unfair that my colleagues get to have 3/4 weeks off and I don’t?

I would defo appeal..I have only ever worked for Two companies that were petty about holidays. one was wouldn't let me have Xmas off even though I had it approved months in advance before another person put in her request for same time off - mine was over ridden because she has children 🙄. was so mad left just before Xmas anyway so.she ended up having to work Xmas I was so mad. the second was when my boss at the time wouldn't give me one day off cause a few of the other team was off - people who didn't cover my work by the way- I had pointed out to her that she had previously approved others members of the team off on previous days so her logic didn't make sense. same b also approved her friend 3 weeks off same time she was off and i was left on my own. thankfully I have a nice boss who has never said no to any of my holidays. there is only 4 of us in our team including him and there has been days where we have been all off. there has been no refusels we just meet days before to make sure everything is covered etc and work has our numbers if emergency - never happened so far. we have a shutdown for 2 weeks every year and it's encouraged that you take them weeks off as holidays though not forced. there are loads who add on a week or two before or after them weeks also never said no to. as long as you give plenty of notice I think no one should be told no. Good managers should be able to cover the work etc. lord you could be in an car crash this eve and be out for three weeks then they would have no choice but to get on with it

Why is it any of their business what your time off is for? That shouldn’t even be asked.

kicking up a fuss here does not get you your special permission, it just stops everyone else’s who are form the description doing something which is probably a lifetime event.

to your colleagues you will be the forever bitter one..

This is how I see it. Leave's leave, and by differentiating depending on its intended purpose, a business lays itself wide open to discrimination accusations. The decision of whether or not to approve leave for a specific length of time should be based solely on the needs of the business as far as I'm concerned.

Feel like I am stating the obvious here...........because company policy is 2 weeks leave is the maximum (due to resources/business impact) and more than 2 weeks would only be considered for special circumstances - so you need to give some context of what those special circumstances are if you want to be considered.

Without policies like this in place, it can quickly become difficult to manage consistently, with everyone potentially requesting three weeks or more off, which can create significant resourcing and operational challenges.

Tell them you’re renewing your wedding vows or celebrating a special anniversary or milestone birthday. Special circumstances should include everyone

Or announce you’re getting married to yourself, like Carrie Bradshaw did to get her Manolos back 😄

By definition special circumstances don't include everyone.

Do it ….do it …..do it lol 😂

Can it not be for a one off special wedding anniversary or a close relative moving abroad and you are seeing them off and helping them move in?

Did you explain that the 17days wasn't just cause you fancied a long trip to Blackpool but that it was long haul and it would actually be better for the needs of the business if you didn't return jetlagged to death.....

Who on Earth do you think you are? Why are you so entitled? Everyone knows you get leave for an extra week for honeymoons, and that's that. Period. Have you been married? If not, you'll get your chance when you do. If you don't; same as not having children and not getting child allowance. The one single entitlement for extra leave is for one thing only. Do that one thing and get the leave, or don't and stop moaning. You're basically asking otherwise for the whole entire workforce to get extra leave. For what? You going to take a one week cut in salary? Thought not...

How is this age discrimination when people can get married at any age, it's just unfortunate she won't be according to her.

Special privileges are just what they are and it's people like this who mess it up for others.

This is what we call in the Caribbean 'red eye' never wanted it till others have it!

Who on Earth do YOU think you are?
Snippy, judgmental and ... wrong.

She doesn't ask for any extra leave. She wants to take her normal annual leave in a longer block once in a few years.

Hardly unreasonable.

Ok....... 👌👌👌

Put me on PIP for going on sick, would love to see how that stands in a tribunal. With no proof I even went on holiday, unless you are the manager that insists on checking in every week via video call. Again massive mistake.

There are many people that will forgo their easter, summer leave to have an extended break at xmas. There are many people who throw the "but I must have easter, summer and Xmas off". I myself have covered easter and summer to take a month at xmas. If you as a manager cant manage that, thats on you.

They'll find a way to manage you out / PIP without having to name blatant skivving as the reason, with luck. If they think you're committing fraud, then they'll start collecting receipts and make it happen.

But by all means keep dispensing absolutely terrible advice to other people, in the grounds that you have managed to get away with it up until now.

What nonsense. Are you always this rigid and inflexible in your thinking?

most co have limits depending on sonority, accumulated time

but caution on some advice . lie to boss or co could cost your job but go to hr to get policy or reconsideration .

Like I said, 👍 if I know i wont get 3 weeks for a holiday of a lifetime because im single, not celebrating a milestone birthday, ill stop covering for easter and summer when those people are absolutely needed but cant afford to take unpaid dependant leave......

Everyone knows you get extra or priority leave??? Where??? Not in the places ive worked. If its not booked in, oh well. I would dare a workplace to cancel someone's leave pre booked because someone's getting married.

No, you don't get an extra week. Perhaps there are isolated employers who offer this as a perk, but it's not in any way the norm. Mine offers a day extra for your own wedding or that of your own child, but it's a "perk".

The thread is about being allowed to take three weeks of the standard leave entitlement together, where an employer usually has a policy of two weeks maximum. Not about being given extra paid leave as a present.

But the older a single person gets, the less likely it becomes that they will marry.

If you do.im sure you will.get it.

If you mean me, I wasn’t talking about me. I’ve been married for 23 years.