[joshmanders]

Yup, and my place of employment is also the latter. Leadership takes time off all the time. Heck my direct boss who is senior engineering director just took 2 weeks off for vacation, which overlapped with a major release launch, he didn't care, his vacation personal time meant more.

Our VP of Engineering takes off quite a bit too. They all encourage us to and also encourage us to take mental health days too. Mental health is a big concern in my company and they do not take kindly to people not taking care of themselves... It sounds bad to read that way but "do not take kindly" in a good way.

Also we're a heavily remote first and ROWE company, that could also make a huge difference.