You're making a few massive assumptions here. The first is that PTO is accrued by hours worked. This is not the case everywhere, some places refresh your PTO a

You're making a few massive assumptions here. The first is that PTO is accrued by hours worked. This is not the case everywhere, some places refresh your PTO allowances at the start of the year and some will give you partial PTO when you start working. The second is you assume that they, literally, want to take it right now. They might want to start making plans, or they might've been hired close to a holiday etc. Also the way you phrase it as 'entitled' is worrying, because it's a two way street. I signed an offer letter because I felt working at X company would be beneficial for me. If a company is giving me PTO, then I'm going to use that PTO and I want to know when and what restrictions there may be. I'm owed whatever the company decided to offer me during the process of interviewing and recruitment.