From my perspective (with is not the American one): it feels like for every PTO day you need to convince your team/manager to get that day off. It's like they a

From my perspective (with is not the American one): it feels like for every PTO day you need to convince your team/manager to get that day off. It's like they are making you a favour. Also, I know beforehand that "unlimited" is not unlimited (I think it's kinda obvious), but then how many days can I ask for? Is it 10? Is it 15? Is it 28? Let's say I have already asked 20 days off, and I see around most of my colleagues have only asked 10, that may trigger on me the idea of "damn, I probably shouldn't ask another day off". Or perhaps my manager thinks that I have been taking "too many" days off already. So, "unlimited" PTO is highly subjective. I prefer to be explicit about it and state the exact number of vacation days I am entitled to.