Looking for some advice on how to approach this with my employer. I recently took a sideways move at work to a smaller team. Holiday entitlement runs from March until March and each department/team has a max number of people allowed off each day which of course is normal. I only recently gained access to my new teams holiday calendar and holidays for next year - March 19-20 were released just before Id moved departments. I didn't have any booked and logged on over the quiet Christmas period to book in some time for next year in advance and there are absolutely no full weeks left for the entire year. Most days are allowed 1.5 people off so there are a few individual days sitting with some availability, only a few for a full day, more for a half day or a few hours but most days have people waitlisted for a holiday since the team have obviously gone on to arrange theirs as soon as the dates were released.
I have 29 days holiday to book... but there's no time for me to book this unless its just odd hours here and there through the entire year. Not one full week is available and I'm concerned about bringing this up with being so new to the team but do any of you have any suggestions on how I could raise this with my manager? I don't want to seem difficult when I'm so new to the role and seem like all I'm concerned about is time off!
When I queried it casually with my team mates they all seemed so relaxed about how difficult it is to get a holiday and said i'd just have to book in where there's availability.... except their isnt any! I wouldnt even mind the weeks off being allocated to me or being told when to take them!
Any advice at all would be appreciated on how to approach this.