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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by SamReidHughes on Thursday May 05, 2022 @01:41AM (#31269938)
This was before Facebook broke the SV no-poaching ring, so the offer probably wasn’t that spectacular. Also, in 2006-2010 any RSU’s would be rather horizontal.
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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by dekhn on Thursday May 05, 2022 @10:19AM (#31273690)
I don't know why people think that the SV no-poaching thing really had a large effect on people hired at Google when it was active. It didn't.

I don't know what "horizontal" RSUs are, but they were options back then, and every year, you got a bigger (more value) pile of them. My total comp doubled without me getting a promotion in roughly 5 years.

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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by SamReidHughes on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:12PM (#31277917)
The stock moved horizontally during that time.
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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by dekhn on Friday May 06, 2022 @09:16AM (#31284736)
yes, but you'd get more stock each year (a larger count). Also the stockw as definitely not "horizontal". Google outperformed the market in each of the tech bursts.
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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by tomatowurst on Friday May 06, 2022 @04:46PM (#31289464)
Google IPO: $85

Today: $2500

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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by SamReidHughes on Friday May 06, 2022 @06:07PM (#31290061)
That has nothing to do with RSU compensation offered in 2006.
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