When employers offer it, its generally to _their_ advantage more than yours. Often, its a way for corporations to avoid paying out vacation days when you leave.

When employers offer it, its generally to _their_ advantage more than yours. Often, its a way for corporations to avoid paying out vacation days when you leave. You might "have" unlimited vacation, but its all up to your manager. Want to work a 4 day week using "unlimited vacation", its not going to happen. Just like phone companies saying you have "unlimited data", there is often a catch. You're better off getting PTO days which are tracked and guaranteed. A company I worked at had "unlimited" vacation, I had a surgery. You'd think this would be a good candidate for using that "unlimited" vacation, NOPE. Thankfully I lived in California (while my company with "unlimited" vacation was in Oregon), so by law I had PTO days on the books, and I had A LOT of them. I had to use my banked PTO to recover after surgery, otherwise I was asked to take medical leave (which comes with half of your pay rate).