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Treat them better than average? Maybe 4 day workweeks or unlimited paid time off. Maybe even treat them as friends.

Companies should never advertise unlimited time off. This is a myth. There's always a limit, and what this does is just impose extra stress when trying to guess what it is.

Yeah, it depends on the maturity of the team and requires a lot of trust. Obviously, you can't take off half the year.

4 day workweeks mean about 52 extra days off, and yet not everyone wants a 3 day weekend. I'd enjoy some 3 day weekends, but too much will be stressful when dealing with the bottomless amount of things to do at a startup.

You can straight up say every year has 66 day PTO, but that means that people will feel guilty about not using it. But maybe this approach is the best.

an employer happily offering 3 or 4 day workweeks is viewed as a huge perk by some employees (especially some of those with young children) vs other employers that will never consider it

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