Workaholism in America Is Hurting the Economy
Even worse is the new trend in technology companies to eliminate "Set Vacation".  It used to be the case that you felt "obliged" somehow to take your 10 days of vacation a year, because you saw it piling up.  Even better, if you were laid off, you could get the vacation in cash, and that helped when you were cut off without a job.<p>But now, a lot of technology companies are saying, "No Set Vacation - you need to negotiate with your manager if you want some" - which, in my experience, has resulted in a lot of people over the last two years taking zero vacation.   It's not good for them.  It's not good for the company.  About the only people who are happy about this are Finance who no longer have to carry that liability on their books.