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Base salary was $160K since 2014. But why? The stock part ended up as money in my bank. These aren’t stock options like startups give. Public companies like to
by DVassallo 8y ago
Base salary was $160K since 2014. But why? The stock part ended up as money in my bank. These aren’t stock options like startups give. Public companies like to pay with stock because it didn’t impact their cash flow. The shareholders pay for it via dilution.
- person_of_color 8y agoDid you sell stock as soon as it vests? Why?
- ghaff 8y agoIf you don’t, you need to ask the question: if I had a pile of cash to invest, would I use it to purchase my company’s stock given that the stock price snd my employment opportunities there are at least loosely correlated?
- DVassallo 8y agoYes I did. I was always very exposed on the Amazon stock since I always had 2-3 years worth of granted RSUs that hadn’t vested yet. I didn’t want that much exposure.
- Double_a_92 8y agoDiversification. Even if you want stocks, you don't want them all from the same company. It would be better to just stick that money into some S&P500 index fund.