Agreed, I&#x27;m kind of shocked people aren&#x27;t seeing this for what it is.<p>Like the much ballyhooed open office plan, or the typical &quot;we don&#x27;t track vacation time&quot; policy in modern startups, the real bottom line, so to speak, is always the bottom line.<p>It may very well be that employees who don&#x27;t take vacations are more productive, overall than those who do. But by placing the burden of self-repair entirely on the employee, on their personal time and dime, the employer effectively washes its hands of the matter. If we take this article to its logical conclusion, burnout is your own fault, even in the face of pathological organizational structures, workloads, etc. That&#x27;s an outward radiation of risk and responsibility par for the course in the new economy.