[MaulingMonkey]

> since the employee no longer will receive anything upon leaving

Even when it replaces non-reimbursable PTO (i.e they already would not recieve anything), it feels lame.

[Domenic_S]

In California there's no such thing; Vacation and PTO is earned as it is accrued and must be paid upon separation. Sick leave specifically does not fall into that bucket, but lots of places use a single PTO bank as the combo sick/vaca bucket which makes it all payable.

(I mention CA because that's where Netflix is HQ'd)