> When you leave a company with PTO where you worked your ass off and never took any vacation, you're cut a check for that unused PTO. This is objectively fals

> When you leave a company with PTO where you worked your ass off and never took any vacation, you're cut a check for that unused PTO. This is objectively false for most of the United States. Plenty of states do not require this, and plenty more have loopholes that allow employers to avoid paying out PTO if specified in the employment agreement. It's also the case that PTO is always capped. So you are forced to use it, meaning the maximum amount you could be paid out is a fairly small fixed amount. Unused PTO above the cap is literally wasted, and used PTO is already part of your salary.