At my current gig we have "unlimited PTO" coupled with a "minimum mandatory PTO" policy. That is, it's your _manager's_ responsibility to ensure that you take o

At my current gig we have "unlimited PTO" coupled with a "minimum mandatory PTO" policy. That is, it's your _manager's_ responsibility to ensure that you take off at least one contiguous week per quarter. People are encouraged to take more than that, and many do. This strikes me as very humane. The USA-standard 2 weeks PTO a year is often dismissed as wildly insufficient by people in more civilized places. This new "PTO only when your manager feels like it" policy is even worse, which is saying something. Personally, in the last couple decades, I've only worked at one place that tracked PTO. They pinched pennies everywhere, drove their people hard, and had predictable results -- people would come into the office sick because they'd used their balance that month; people would leave early because they were burned out. It's fucking archaic.