In general, I've always felt the same way. It's "unlimited PTO" (wink, wink), but try taking a 3 week vacation and see how much flak you potentially get from HR

In general, I've always felt the same way. It's "unlimited PTO" (wink, wink), but try taking a 3 week vacation and see how much flak you potentially get from HR or upper management. That said, I've found it insanely beneficial after having kids and feel really fortunate that I'm able to utilize it. Between Thanksgiving break (1 week), Christmas / winter break (2 weeks), ski week in February (1 week, I live in California and have no idea why we have this), spring break (1 week), various gaps in summer camp coverage (~2 weeks), we're looking at like a month and a half of time off per year right now. It's crazy. (I wish it were all fun and relaxing. It isn't!)