[lucky_cloud]

Where I work, if I don't use a certain percentage of my earned PTO by Dec 31, it just goes away. They don't cut me a check for it.

I think I'd get paid for unused PTO if I quit or was fired, but I couldn't accumulate more than something like 5 weeks worth.

I'd love to work for a company that had both unlimited and required PTO. If you don't take enough days off for say six months, they force you to take a week or two off.

[throwaway2016a]

> Where I work, if I don't use a certain percentage of my earned PTO by Dec 31, it just goes away. They don't cut me a check for it.

No one I have ever heard of gets cut a check for unused time et the end of the year. It's when you leave (for any reason) in most states you are supposed to be paid out for it. Not true for unlimited PTO.

[smaryjerry]

That’s missing the point, that some jobs you lose a portion of your PTO at year end. So you “earned” that benefit over time but it was taken away.

[i_r7al]

Apple cut you a check for unused PTOs. You don’t lose any PTOs if you don’t use it, you get $$

[hinkley]

Small companies don’t like to carry the liabilities. It makes the company look worse for loans and investors. So they claw back what they gave you which is harder to spot on the books. If you buy a company it’s usually for the people and you won’t know how disgruntled they are until after.