Unlimited PTO Doesn't Fix Burnout — Here's What Actually Does

Every year, another wave of companies announces unlimited PTO as their answer to employee burnout. Every year, their engineers burn out anyway. Burnout isn't a vacation problem. Burnout is not a rest deficit Burnout is classified by the WHO as an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that hasn't been successfully managed. The key word is chronic. And the key phrase is workplace stress. Vacation addresses neither of those things. A week off doesn't make the always-on cul