"Generally people act in the company's best interests"
This is exactly the reason this policy is bad. People need to act in their own interest and take vacation they need, which may not be in the company's best interest.
Your language here is a huge red flag for this policy. This policy presumes, incorrectly, that what is good the employee is good for the company. While that is sometimes true, it is often not true.
The basic premise and expectation is that people should take only as much time off as they need to remain good little not burnt out workers. That is not something I agree with.
While it may almost always be in the company's interest to have employees well rested, sometimes employees want to schedule vacation that can't be rescheduled at a particular time that may coincide with an important deadline.
In this situation, you run into some awkwardness that could screw over the employee.
Yes, it is "almost always in the company's best interest for employees to be well rested and not burned out."
However it is not almost always in the company's interest for employees to take 2 week recreational holidays when they are NOT burnt out. A normal vacation policy allows this, whereas a "no-burn-out" policy does not.
> This is exactly the reason this policy is bad. People need to act in their own interest and take vacation they need, which may not be in the company's best interest.
Heh, 'take enough vacation days to avoid burnout'. In other words, take as much time off as you need in order to keep working efficiently for us and so that we don't need to train someone new, but no more.
This is exactly the reason this policy is bad. People need to act in their own interest and take vacation they need, which may not be in the company's best interest.
Your language here is a huge red flag for this policy. This policy presumes, incorrectly, that what is good the employee is good for the company. While that is sometimes true, it is often not true.
The basic premise and expectation is that people should take only as much time off as they need to remain good little not burnt out workers. That is not something I agree with.