the main point to take out of that article was this:

they network is so reliant on them that they are telling them they can't take time off because if they do the network ratings dip too far.

ANYTIME a job is telling you you're so valuable that you can't get time off? it's time to go have that value realized, because you're current employer isn't doing that.

this isn't even taking into account other issues going on at Vice.