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Re:Options vs. Cash by iaw on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @10:57PM (#14511539)
Throw in stock growth for companies like Google back in the day and FB more recently. FB stock has doubled in ~2 years increasing the liquid value of employee stock compensation by nearly the same amount.
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Re:Options vs. Cash by phamilton on Thursday June 08, 2017 @04:14PM (#14516874)
While that's true, I could invest my own funds in Google or Facebook stock and reap similar growth (depending on my access to funds to invest).

Also, some companies will have target compensation bands (I know Yahoo did) where an increase in stock price will actually result in a smaller additional grant each year.

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