<prompt> Human: Ive been working for my company for 18months and have a performance review next week. I am hoping for a 10 raise as Ive done quite well with the company by my personal assessment. I was hoping to push for an extra week of vacation as well. I plan to defend my position for the vacation in a different way than for my raise travel a lot, work many weekends, have volunteered to travel in place of other co-workers when they had conflicts, have had discussions about staying longer in field to learn next stage of field operations. Is it too much to ask for both a 10 raise and 5 more days of vacation? I feel some people may think vacation is more of a seniority reward than one given on merit. rpersonalfinance what do you think?Assistant: Only you know what is too much to ask for and the definition of too much in compensation negotiations is when it becomes insulting. If you dont feel it is insulting to make the request the worst they can say is no can do and you go on your merry way.That being said additional leave compensation may or may not be a reasonable ask depending on the company and how vacation is distributed. In a lot of larger companies vacation is accrued as a function of time served at the company; if this is the case its less likely that anything official can be done by your manager since this is probably a larger HR comp. policy. If you work for a smaller firm or one that doesnt have vacation accrual its probably more reasonable and likely to happen.Good luck!Human: It definitely seems to stem from a time served distribution. But there must be some manager approval type of dealings? Or maybe that isnt always the case.  <response>: My company gives 0 flexibility with vacation. Time served vacation. 