@swordjaw I feel like the fact that you have to "earn" PTO (whether it's given to you at the beginning of the year as sort of an up-front payment for the assumption that you're going to Do Hard Work as the Cog that You Are, or that you earn it month by month as a reward for Putting in the Time) is part of the problem. It's not a guarantee; you get vacation because humans need time away from work.

But I dunno. It's always just felt weird and kind of... bribey?