Quick rant...

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DottydotsofBloodOnTheFloor · 02/10/2007 19:00

Just to get it out of my system.

My boss is fab and wonderful and we work together really well - I'm very well supported at work and love what I do, but... He always books all the school holidays off and his children are 19 and 17 and I really want some of the holidays off and mine are only 5 and 3!

Just venting because I just e-mailed asking to have 3 days off this October half term and he's going away so I can't. He sent me his annual leave chart and he's booked the February half term and 2 weeks at Easter as well!

One of us needs to be in so that leaves me at work. If he had young children I wouldn't mind, but it really bugs me!!! (apologies to all parents with older children who think I'm being out of order).

That's it - rant over.

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ComeOVeneer · 02/10/2007 19:03

If you work together really well can you not talk to him about this? Perhaps he thinks that because yours are younger you aren't tied to school holidays. Although I assume the 5 year old is now at school. So perhaps he just doesn't think?

policywonk · 02/10/2007 19:03

I think he's being a bit selfish. If he's booked everything up until Easter, could you book the summer half-term and next autumn's half-term now, to make a (slightly passive-aggressive)point?

I got DP to book his Christmas leave for this year back in February . He's at a big company though.

NAB3 · 02/10/2007 19:04

Def talk to him. Maybe he takes those dates off to fit un with his wife? Maybe agree to share the holidays out?

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DottydotsofBloodOnTheFloor · 02/10/2007 19:07

I know... I'm very pre-menstrual which isn't helping - need to think calmly. I've already booked a week off at Whit because I'm going away, and August isn't a problem as I have the first two weeks and boss has the second two (although that always gives him longer because of the bank holiday ) so that's kind of OK. It's the October and Feb half terms and Easter that's bugging me.

Grrrr... It upsets me 'cos it stirs up my guilt feelings of working anyway, and I hate not being able to be here when ds's are on holidays - ds1's in year 1 now and ds2 is in pre-school so school holidays are a big deal in our house now!

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