Companies are continuing to mess with benefits. You sound like you are in a tough spot though. My company (large tech) sent out a survey early this year which was being driven by a large consulting firm. It was sort of "do you prefer this + this or that + that".
Things like unlimited vacation are a ploy businesses are offering to attract people but it is a really a way for businesses to save money. Unlimited vacation will never get used and there are studies that show people will use less when they have that option. On top of that, the company isn't responsible to pay out PTO days when the employee quits or is fired if there is unlimited PTO.
Back to your original question, my company offers vacation accrual as well. We earn so many hours per week...I get 5 weeks PTO and am eligible to carry 40 hours over from previous year. So generally isn't an issue for me....they will also front you the PTO if you are short...if you leave the company before you've accrued those hours back they just come out of final paycheck. I've not taken a sick day in 7 years. If I did, it wouldn't matter as I am salary...unless of course it turned into FMLA or something.
I cannot complain about my company from benefits perspective at all. We get raises annually...5.5% this year (that is on high side)....but I literally did two jobs for 7 months prior to promotion last month. Also got parental leave for two of my kids...4 weeks. Insurance is great. Work is a headache but that comes with the territory.
They have never addressed inflation but no one has really.
Oh you're also in Tech? I'm a Senior Engineer. Interesting.
The unlimited vacation is exactly that, a scam. People are scared to ask for it AND there's something about the financials where they don't have to pay for it at the beginning of the year, where every employee just "gets" their 4 weeks of vacation. Someone else who knows more on this can elaborate, but companies basically save a TON of money if they do this whole "unlimited" vacation.
I worked for one of those tech startups, with the free lunches, arcade room, yoga room, dumb little perks they use to justify not giving you more money. Hated that cheesy and fake culture.