From an business uptime perspective, forced "downtime" of employees through vacation is actually a good way to force the creation of backup systems for business

From an business uptime perspective, forced "downtime" of employees through vacation is actually a good way to force the creation of backup systems for business process. Or, when combined with a minimal vacation time bucket, forced vacation makes sure your employees will be there when you want them to be. I know an auditor at a Big 4 accounting firm. The employees in her office are forced to take some vacation time during the slow time of the year. That way it burns down vacation time that they could otherwise be using during crunch time and causing short-staffing.