Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs
by endisneigh on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:41PM
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which company and when? levels.fyi didn't support the thesis, so obviously I don't care about it.
also, I don't believe in using appreciation of stock as part of comp. were you paid less if you held on to vested RSUs and the stock dropped? no. you just decided not to sell and faced the consequences.
same way I wouldn't count someone taking their entire salary and dumping it into options successfully as "apprecation"
Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs
by halpert on Thursday December 23, 2021 @06:58PM
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If the stock price drops, yes you get paid less going forward. If the stock goes up, you get paid more. That’s how it works. Try telling Uncle Sam at tax time that you want to calculate your income tax based on your RSU grant price. I’m sure the IRS would be thrilled.
Re:How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs
by endisneigh on Thursday December 23, 2021 @07:10PM
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What your income is at tax time and how much you were compensated are not the same
In another comment, you’ve mentioned that you don’t care about levels.fyi, which is basically saying you don’t care about accurate data. levels.fyi actually underestimates total comp, because they use base + (grant / vesting period) to calculate comp. For high growth tech companies, stock usually grows so comp gets higher naturally over time.