The advantage with companies with set amounts of PTO is that they end up either needing to roll those hours forward into the next year, pay them out - or look l

The advantage with companies with set amounts of PTO is that they end up either needing to roll those hours forward into the next year, pay them out - or look like a total ass and expire them (often a combination of two or all three). When you have a fixed amount of PTO there's more clear accountability about where unused hours go and, potentially, you can reclaim missed vacations in the form of an end of year payout that compensates you for the lack of a vacation.