Once upon a time (last month), I had a different job and a vacation scheduled and approved for this coming week. The plan was to join my family in a week-long California adventure, including Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, kayaking, exploring Old Town San Diego, and Disneyland. Then I got a new job.
When I was hired, I told my recruiter that I had two vacations scheduled, one of which was set in stone (a trip to Wales later, which we had already paid for), and the other of which was not (California). However, I did mention that I would appreciate if I could have them both off, paid or unpaid. When I got my training schedule and saw that I was set to be in Chicago for the entire week my family would be gone, I assumed that my recruiter had been able to get me off the two weeks for Wales, but had been unsuccessful in getting me California off, and that was fine. I can certainly understand how that would be the case, and I didn't want to seem like a complainer, so I resolved to say nothing.
BUT, I was talking to my boss yesterday. She mentioned it must be hard for me to be in Chicago by myself for so long (I'm here for four weeks). I said to be honest, the hardest part was missing the vacation my family was taking. Long story short, my recruiter had not mentioned it. My boss was shocked. "Why didn't you say something earlier? We would have rearranged your training schedule!" Then she suggested I look up flights from Chicago to San Diego. "We could give you Monday and Tuesday off next week!" Unfortunately, flights are about $600, and leave at inconvenient times, so it's not worth it.
And that's how I ended up sitting in a hotel room while everyone else goes to Disneyland. Morals of the story: my boss is pretty cool, and next time I'm going to speak up.
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