> I have never heard of an employer that makes its employees only take whole weeks rather than a day here or there This could be country-specific, but in inves

> I have never heard of an employer that makes its employees only take whole weeks rather than a day here or there This could be country-specific, but in investment banking it is common to require employees to periodically take an uninterrupted block of vacation (in my country, a two-week block once per year seems typical). The rationale is to make it more difficult to perpetuate certain types of fraud, since the bad actor would need to collude with another employee to cover up in their absence. A bit of a corner case, but thought I'd mention.