Not stupid at all, it sounds wacky. It goes hand in hand with my four day work week really requiring Friday work. At this place, it was frowned upon and straigh

Not stupid at all, it sounds wacky. It goes hand in hand with my four day work week really requiring Friday work. At this place, it was frowned upon and straight up said during a company all hands meeting or two that taking time off was heavily discouraged at a time when the company needed as much productivity as possible. We offered unlimited PTO, which I've found to just be a way to sound really great but in reality they can block PTO if it's over a given amount and look down on you for taking that PTO. It's never an explicit "you will not get a promotion", but you'll get less opportunities, potential for promotion, and such as you're not seen as a "team player" like they bring up during the all hands. It's a crappy thing. Should I have just taken my time off anyway? Maybe. Working somewhere where you have an actual set amount of PTO has never brought that negative stigma with it. I'm not surprised if this isn't common for unlimited PTO companies, but I've read that the reason companies offer it is because employees take less time off on average.