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I agree, but someone here in HN mentioned a strategy that I think can really work when you are "offered" unlimited PTO as a hiring perk: Once you get the final offer, send an email to both the Recruiter and the hiring manager (shoot as high in the org-chart as you can) and mention something like the following:

"I see that the company has an 'unlimited PTO' policy. The standard PTO time I have taken in the places I work for the last 5 years is 25 days PTO a year. Would I be able to take the same 25 days per year of PTO under the Company's 'Unlimited PTO' policy?"

That way, you are establishing a written record that 25 days (or whatever time you'd prefer), and are letting them know in advance the number of days you will take. That way, you can take 25 days every year, and if they somehow hint you that you are taking "too many days", you can refer to the email showing that hey, before you started, they told you that 25 days was OK.