48-year-old once turned down a VP job with a 25% raise, but only 10 days of PTO [Video]

Sherri Carpineto has enough experience working in corporate America to know that finding work-life balance can feel impossible.

Carpineto, 48, is currently a senior director of operations for a health-care company and lives in Boston. Over her 20-year-plus career, she’s learned it’s important to her to have strong boundaries around paid time off.

Two years ago, when she was offered a vice president-level role at a health-care company that offered 10 days of PTO — inclusive of both vacation and sick time — she knew even the 25% pay bump wouldn’t make up for the lost flexibility.

Carpineto was already in a job she enjoyed when a recruiter reached out to her to interview for a top-level operations role at a new company. She was curious and accepted the invite.

However, Carpineto noticed when the CEO said during an interview that she struggled with work-life balance and that the company’s policies didn’t do much to help. “This was not …