I'm not sure, but there are a few horror stories here in Bay Area about policy like this (you go for a two week vacation (no email, no phone) and you got termin

I'm not sure, but there are a few horror stories here in Bay Area about policy like this (you go for a two week vacation (no email, no phone) and you got terminated when you come back). The problem is that eventually the policy like this will create a backlash and burn out. However, it will be hard to find why ... As of now, this policy will work because balsamiq is cool and hot. But after your company is not a startup anymore ('running repeatable business mode') you need to find something which will be more predictable. If nothing you might want to recruit a more senior people which do have a family. And then you will get into this "it is hard to find talent" bs. Also if this is really a policy, why not to accrue minimum vacations anyway?