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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by sokoloff on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:33PM (#32870216)
That’s why a lot of companies will issue special grants to their highest performing/most critical employees if the shares drop a lot. That makes for a good “double dipping” if the shares recover.
Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by marssaxman on Friday September 16, 2022 @06:29PM (#32872848)
Real Networks did that for us, after the dot-com crash. The stock promptly dropped some more, and never recovered. I've been deeply skeptical of stock-based compensation ever since...