Re:We need to rethink employee compensation
by AndrewKemendo on Thursday June 25, 2015 @01:12AM
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>Being granted equity in lieu of salary is asking me to invest in the company.
That is exactly right and I think what people are missing here. I mean even legally if you look at options purchases, you are literally investing. Even with stock grants, unless the company defers the strike tax through a loan mechanism, you will pay taxes as though it were real income.
That is exactly right and I think what people are missing here. I mean even legally if you look at options purchases, you are literally investing. Even with stock grants, unless the company defers the strike tax through a loan mechanism, you will pay taxes as though it were real income.