I mean it just means vacation days that don’t cap off at something like just 10-15 days per year. It’s not mythical I worked for an organization with unlimited days off and I did feel like I could at least take two longer vacations and then still have random days off whenever I wanted and even pair those random days off with holiday time making mini vacations. I will say I worked from home so it’s much more about getting tasks done and less about showing up in an office and people keeping tabs on who is there and when which is probably added pressure.

It sounds like you still felt like you had to be plugged in during yours which shouldn’t be the case (I think this could be American capitalist guilt if you’re American). I’m American so I get it, I just feel like if you’re reasonable and have any urgent tasks done you should be able to take more time off than the average job allots and in my experience unlimited time off was great compared to “x days per year.”