<prompt> Human: I spent a while trying to find the right subreddit to post this to. If theres somewhere better this should go, please let me know.My wife is coming up on a raise in a few months, and were at a point where were comfortable with the amount of cash flow into our household.Additionally, my job entitles me to a very generous amount of vacation time that accrues per month and rolls over year to year. My wifes job does not. She gets a flat amount of days off per year, whether sick, vacation, or otherwise. We would like to travel, and to help facilitate this, we want to calculate the value of her upcoming raise in extra vacation days, then pitch it to her boss.Im not really sure how to do that calculation. I naively figured that Id take the amount of the raise, divide by her pay per hour, and divide by 8 hours per day. This came out to a too large number, in my opinion. I thought about it more, and then thought that I should then divide by 2 to cover the opportunity cost to her employer for the reduced amount of deliverables she would produce, seeing as she wouldnt be there to produce them.Then I asked the internet, but found no definitive guidance.Any advice?  <response>: Another recommendation would be to see about simply taking the raise and asking about taking unpaid time off. It takes more budgeting work on your end, but it may be easier for the company to stomach. In that case, if you get a 10 raise, simply request the time off and also take some amount of unpaid time off. 