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Unlimited PTO is a negative signal to me honestly, and would put me off a job. The open-ended nature of “unlimited” makes me think it really means “guilt-based

Unlimited PTO is a negative signal to me honestly, and would put me off a job. The open-ended nature of “unlimited” makes me think it really means “guilt-based” time off, skewing to less time than I might take if it was included in a contract. Have only recently started considering employed work again after many years of freelance and contract work and it’s made me really cold on the idea simply because it smells of more of the bullquick I wanted to get away from in the first place.

null0ranje 4y ago
> Unlimited PTO is a negative signal to me honestly, and would put me off a job. This is exactly my experience. The last company I worked for with unlimited PTO did everything to prevent folks from using it. It's one of many negative signals I look for. I interviewed at a firm once that was proud that their cafeteria offered "free breakfast, lunch, and dinner", which sounded great until you realized they expected all employees would be working there through breakfast, lunch, and dinner.