AIBU to be sick of my manager continuing to pester me about taking holidays?

[LeaderBee]

Normally wouldn't be so much of an issue but i'm planning on getting a pet but the breeders will only have them available at specific times of the year and is dependent on when mum is pregnant, gives birth and then an 8 week waiting time to release them to me.

Manager is pestering me to take holidays "around the time" that it MAY be available, but until the breeder gets in touch with me to confirm babies have even been born, I can't really commit to a date.

If i book the time off and it lines up, fine, but if it doesn't then i've used holiday i didn't need to take, then, because someone else has holiday planned, I wouldn't be able to book time off again until much later in the month, meaning i wouldn't be able to pick them up for a further 2-3 weeks after they were initially available.

It's really beginning to bug me because I feel like i'm being pressured to take holidays that might not line up with when I need to take time off to take care and bond with a new animal.

Leaning towards Koala now

I’m leaning towards it being cruel to keep an exotic animal as a pet tbh.
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Yes, yes it is!

Yes, it is!

I would have loved to have seen the manager's face when the OP said they'd need 3 weeks off to bond with a skunk.

I don't know your work but mine i need alot if notice and if you don't book ahead you don't get it. A request for leave is just that... Also 2-3 weeks is alot and unlikely to be granted for such a long block at once especially if short notice. You need to talk to your manager and explain the situation. Totally understandable why they want to know holiday dates sooner than later. Yabu I'm afraid

Mostly because of its age, they're solitary creatures in the wild so it shouldn't be too much of a problem being left on its own when i return to work.

It will have a fully secure and enclosed 300 square foot pen to run around in, but i just need some time bedding it in.

In some jobs you are allocated your holidays in advance, and you have to try and get them swapped

christ, I thought I’d heard it all but this is totally batshit. I love it. I’d love to get a request like this as a manager.

i’d try to to accommodate but couldn’t guarantee it - it’s first come first served for us and I’d be getting you to organise a swap with a colleague if needed, I wouldn’t be doing that.

Ugh the staff of mine that book holiday last min then are shocked when I say no, even tho I’ve pestered them to get it booked so that it can work for the business and everyone else’s holidays is unbelievably annoying. Your boss is trying to help you and also make sure it works for them, which they’re allowed to do. Don’t be an entitled brat about it

If your manager is asking for confirmation I’d see that as a sign that other people are looking at the same time slot and she is concerned that you will miss out as someone will beat you to it. Sounds to me like she is trying to help you out here, not pestering you