The conversation itself was very pleasant. However, I had quite a disturbing feeling with regard to the aforementioned benefits such as “as much vacation as you want”. That is a fallacy. Contractually, you get the statutory minimum vacation entitlement, which is 10 days below the general average in Germany. In my opinion, the fact that the annual average of vacation days in the company is sent out once a year to all employees creates social pressure to “just not get out of line”. What's the point of adding as many vacation days as you want if the number of days I was given (27-28) is still 2-3 days below the average, but it's suggested to me that this is a benefit.