[mosselman]

I agree about the clarity side. We have people in the team from different countries and they say “here it is not allowed …” but then I say “who is going to know that you didn’t work all April?

About the pressure part that is also totally true. I don’t think “unlimited” is possible at most companies. It has to be part of the culture. That is why I find it important to encourage people to take holidays and do so lavishly myself. It also isn’t so much unlimited as much as we simply don’t keep track. It wouldn’t be ok in most cases to take 2 months in a row, although it has happened. Also, we work in shapeup cycles and usually prefer people to not take last minute holiday within a project.

As I said this is all pretty vague and yet it is amazing for everyone who works here.

I do hiring on the engineering team and in this case it really works against us because it simply is too vague. It has a high “trust me it’s cool” character that a specific number would fix. “50 days” sounds more clear.