To be sick and tired of managers?

[Ezlo]

There's two of them and they don't monitor who is off on AL before authorising more AL for someone so the result is just a few people in the office at one time which is really though. I've complained about this before but it keeps happening. I'm usually the one who isn't on AL and working til I can't give anymore. I'm tired.

Do you bring this up in your appraisals/conversations?

You can only do so much as one person.

Personally, I wouldn't run myself ragged, and I'd keep pointing out the reasons why you're short staffed.

Well it's annoying if you are being expected to do more than your fair share of the work. Do you have to take on more than usual though? I mean are you doing this as a conscientious worker or do you absolutely have to do it or there will be serious consequences of some kind? Can you just do what is your fair amount of work and let the managers sort out any issues?

But then people need their AL? Refusing it would cause all kinds of issues and those people won't exactly be delighted to work the day they were refused off. Maybe the problem is you need more core staff?

I feel it needs to be not your problem... Let the work build, allow a complaint. That's when it becomes the managers problem.
Otherwise all you can do is suggest why there is a problem currently (but also maybe consider bringing a solution forward - e.g. No more than 2 off at once - assuming that gives everyone chance to be off/hire more staff)

Surely you also have the same amount of A/L to take, so someone else takes your slack then?

Why do you need to do extra when someone is on leave? Can you prioritise certain work those days instead?

Just do your job then go home. If work is left unfinished, then maybe they will start to think more carefully about who is off and when. If all the work gets done despite lots of people being off at the same time, they will not see a problem.

I think I would ask them how they would prefer me to prioritise tasks, to make them aware some stuff won't get done.
It's hard though, assuming you are customer facing and therefore can't just do your bit and go home?