It's fine if you, your coworkers, and your manager have the discretion to understand vacation is not optional. I've never seen this. It usually ends up being a

It's fine if you, your coworkers, and your manager have the discretion to understand vacation is not optional. I've never seen this. It usually ends up being a race to the bottom, driven by people who think working at (or coercing, in the case of managers) a burnout pace is inherently virtuous somehow.