I don't work or use Bumble, but a quick search says they have 3 weeks of vacation and 12 holidays. Which is at or above average for US.

My company gives 3 weeks to new hires plus another week around Christmas. They gave us an extra Covid week and everyone sure appreciates it.

The legal minimum is 20 days for the London office, 22 in Spain, at least that in Moscow. (This is in addition to public holidays.) Bumble probably offer a bit more.

In the UK and Spain, that's also the number you must use, I don't know about Russia. (In other words, if you've not used any days by December, you'll be taking all of December off. Or whenever your year wraps round.)

I don't think it is a requirement to take all holiday in the UK? I've definitely not used all of mine in the past.

The Northern Ireland link was easier to find:

> You must take at least four weeks’ holiday a year, so only holiday on top of this can be carried over and then only if your employer gives you permission or if this is permitted by your contract of employment.

I once had a colleague who was given a letter along the lines of "you still haven't used enough holiday; unless you advise us of your preferred days, you will be on holiday from date X to Y".

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/taking-your-holidays

It's a requirement to take the legal minimum (20 days), but most companies offer 25 or so so in practice you can usually carry over 5.

I believe it's in order to nullify the ability for a company to apply alternative pressures to stop people taking their entitled holiday.

And in addition to that, what is the company culture/attitude around using time off. Unlimited time off is great, in theory, unless you're made to feel like a monster for using any.