Re:Ask HN: Are RSUs worth your loyalty?
by Ididntdothis on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:33PM
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From observation there is no connection between unhealthy workplaces and compensation. If anything, it seems the more you get paid, the better you get treated. There may be exceptions obviously.
Re:Ask HN: Are RSUs worth your loyalty?
by crmrc114 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:43PM
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Yep, sounds like Amazon. I used to joke that the only Engineers who were there longer than four years were either getting divorced or were already divorced. You did not find very many who were married with kids AND happy working there.
Your mental health?
Your physical health?
Watching your kids grow up?
Your marriage?
Etc. As other folks have alluded to it can sound relatively trivial (and sometimes it is, but often not) until you're actually staring into the abyss. The flip side is that quarterly RSU vesting is highly effective as a retention tool. I've known brilliant people pushed to their absolute breaking point before they finally leave (Amazon, I'm looking at you).