I am Australian working for an unlimited vacation company in the US. Knowing that vacation days won't be paid out if I leave the company helps me to remember to take days off.
With unlimited time off there's no longer any reason to stockpile days for that giant trip I keep putting off or to think of vacation days as being money that my employer owes me.
Before leaving the US I had 6 weeks annual leave, 4 rostered days off, 13 public holidays and usually a few extra days of stand down when the office was closed over Christmas (call it 50 days off).
Even coming from that I don't feel worse off now that I have unlimited time off.
With unlimited time off there's no longer any reason to stockpile days for that giant trip I keep putting off or to think of vacation days as being money that my employer owes me.
Before leaving the US I had 6 weeks annual leave, 4 rostered days off, 13 public holidays and usually a few extra days of stand down when the office was closed over Christmas (call it 50 days off).
Even coming from that I don't feel worse off now that I have unlimited time off.