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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by idontpost on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:25PM (#32869275)
> You are right that it is different, but it's not unambiguously better.

That's a separate issue from the common misconception in this thread that cash is the same as RSUs.

RSUs have more risk than cash, and more potential upside. They are unambiguously different.

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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by ska on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:13PM (#32869956)
Agreed - it's a mistake though to focus on the upside only.
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by peyton on Friday September 16, 2022 @08:41PM (#32873762)
You can protect downside by switching jobs. For many people on this thread there’s no mistake.
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by ska on Monday September 19, 2022 @01:59PM (#32901677)
That's practical, but not really equivalent. Having the same in cash gives you a different set of options.
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