Does this sound like unfair treatment from a manager or am I overreacting?
My new manager denied my vacation request and I genuinely don’t know if I’m overreacting or if this is unfair.
I requested PTO for July 3–7 because I booked a trip for my 20th birthday. I submitted the request on May 15th, which is almost 7 weeks in advance. Company policy (from what i’ve been told) only requires 4 weeks notice. I also have more than enough vacation hours saved up.
What’s bothering me is there’s already been another weird situation with this manager. One day she removed me from the schedule at 3am the same day I was supposed to work. My sister (who also works there) asked her about it because I thought it was strange. She said it was probably an “error” and told me to come in anyway because I’m always scheduled Mondays and usually work those shifts alone. Then when I got there, someone else was already working and apparently I “wasn’t needed.” Afterward, the hours I DID work got removed from my timecard until another manager fixed it for me.
Now she denied my PTO request even though,
I followed policy, I gave nearly double the required notice, other employees have gotten vacation approved and I’ve been covering a ton of overtime.
For example, I normally work 5 days a week, this week I’m working 6, and next week I’m scheduled 12 days in a row.
At this point the trip is already booked and paid for and I’m not cancelling it. I’m planning on resubmitting the request in writing so there’s documentation.
Am I wrong for thinking this is unreasonable?