I've found that it's sometimes the case that you will officially get offered a fixed amount of vacation time, but informally you can take more than it if you wa

I've found that it's sometimes the case that you will officially get offered a fixed amount of vacation time, but informally you can take more than it if you want. The unwritten rule seems to be "you're working really hard to get a featured shipped, if you need extra vacation to decompress after, feel free".