vacations are allocated by a computer (and computer says no!!!). You file your request with 2wrapparound days granted automatically on either side of the 5day request (5, is the minimum). If you had vacation approved in this period of 6months last year, you have no priority anymore.
In other words, having seniority is playing against you as new hired with no anteriority will have priority over you. Complete nonsense!!
Of course, no provision given for kids...together with the tax, it looks like they are only looking for single people.