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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by selestify on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:49PM (#24667830)
He specifically said what he does won’t change the stock price by a cent, so he is presumably talking about his individual contribution, not the aggregate one. Which is his point —- giving him RSU’s won’t allow him to capture the value of going above and beyond, because even as you acknowledge yourself, his going above and beyond won’t move the share price by even a penny.
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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by sokoloff on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:00PM (#24667896)
If every software engineer can lift the share price by a hundredth of a penny every year, should the company give shares as part of comp to their 5,000 engineers or not? Should they even employ engineers at all?

The fact that some engineers can shirk and ride on the efforts of their peers does create a tragedy of the commons possibility, but the most appropriate solution there involves strong local leadership, rather than the conclusion that RSU grants are ineffective.

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by selestify on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:46PM (#24674220)
The point is that they are ineffective for the stated purpose of incentivizing the engineers to work harder. To that end, bonuses are much more effective.
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