As much as I loved wowing my corporate friends with the "unlimited vacation" perk of my previous job, I always struggled because there was always work to be don

As much as I loved wowing my corporate friends with the "unlimited vacation" perk of my previous job, I always struggled because there was always work to be done so I always felt some sort of pressure because using my vacation meant I was inherently saying "yeah, I know there's still work but you guys can handle it, I'm going to play." I get that this isn't a perfect mindset since that's part of being on a team and you have to expect people to share responsibility but that's how I felt and in talking to others and reading about unlimited vacation policies, I don't think I'm alone. When I left my first job that had a generous but still limited vacation policy, I got a nice sized check paying me back for my unused vacation. I never felt like I was restricted from taking vacation and I definitely liked the money that actually ended up paying for the week off I took between jobs.