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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by JAlexoid on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:54AM (#32867886)
That is highly dependent on if the stock appreciates.

I remember getting a stock grant at IBM in 2011.

Let alone, OP's example is you get all cash equivalent of the full stock grant... not vesting part.

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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by leoqa on Friday September 16, 2022 @12:38PM (#32868655)
You made a bad bet. Many engineers optimize for high growth 4-year grants above all else.
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by JAlexoid on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:38PM (#32869472)
Considering that at that point I was with IBM for 5 years before the grant, that wasn't a bet at all
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by scarface74 on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:34PM (#32871686)
Don’t confuse brains with a bull market…
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