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They are not a scam, they are an accounting feature.

Your problem is not that you have unlimited vacation, it's that you are working for a company that is taking advantage of you. They could (& probably would) do the same thing with limited vacation policies.

Leave as fast as you can and let your peers know why you did it.

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I definitely agree with you here. I worked for Nokia a few years ago, and traded $20k in salary in exchange for 3.5 weeks of guaranteed vacation. When I went to take my 11th day of vacation, they refused to honor my offer letter, so I said goodbye to my coworkers in that afternoon's stand-up, and found a better job.

If we all acted like that then maybe companies wouldn't try to pull those stunts. Bravo to you.

Unfortunately there's always more starry eyed college grads who will happily let themselves get steamrolled. Heck Silicon Valley is virtually built on that kind of abuse relationship.

> They could (& probably would) do the same thing with limited vacation policies.

But then, when you leave, they would hand you a check for accrued vacation.

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