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Re:Google Employees Watch In Horror As 60 Percent Of Their S... by chollida1 on Friday October 10, 2008 @04:57PM (#329247)
This could actually be a boon to employees at Google as this may mean they have to start raising salaries.

The same thing happened at Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and Adobe as they transitioned from growth companies to mature companies. Once they couldn't necessarily count on their rising stock price to act as part of their employee's compensation they started to raise salaries to help make up the difference.

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Re:Google Employees Watch In Horror As 60 Percent Of Their S... by dmv on Friday October 10, 2008 @07:43PM (#329368)
Also, restricted stock grants (like Microsoft adopted) look a lot better. Yes, it hurts to see your "potential grant" value decrease - a 50% drop is a 50% drop - but there is still absolute value (unless the stock becomes worthless).
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