Like so many things, it comes down to culture. If you're offered a job somewhere with an unlimited vacation policy, before accepting ALWAYS ask at least two dif

Like so many things, it comes down to culture. If you're offered a job somewhere with an unlimited vacation policy, before accepting ALWAYS ask at least two different people how much vacation most people take. I've worked at unlimited vacation companies where nobody took more than a week per year and others where most people took at least four weeks (generally non-consecutive). I've also worked twice at places with finite vacation policies where as long as you were responsible and productive they'd let it slide (or wouldn't even count) if you took a few extra days here and there. I've also had friends who worked for large companies and got four weeks of vacation tell me they couldn't take more than a couple sick days per year anyway because their boss had to approve vacation dates. Any date they proposed was denied because the "timing" was "bad" for their projects. Pick your employer for its culture, not its official vacation policy.