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Just as an FYI, my understanding is that Google, FB, and MS all offer 25% annual vesting with no cliff, the exact vesting schedule depends (for Google, for exam
by joshuamorton 7y ago
Just as an FYI, my understanding is that Google, FB, and MS all offer 25% annual vesting with no cliff, the exact vesting schedule depends (for Google, for example, it depends on the exact grant, but a 400K grant would vest monthly). Amazon offers a 5/15/40/40 backloaded vesting schedule, but cash bonuses in years 1 and 2 to compensate (sort of).
- huac 7y agoI know Google has no cliff, is that also true now for the others?
- joshuamorton 7y agoMy understanding is that Google dropped their cliff after facebook. I think MS is still on 6 months, but that's just their vest schedule.
- shitlord 7y agoAmazon comp drops significantly after the 4th year, unless you happen to get promoted twice before the end of your 4th year.
- opportune 7y agoMaybe I don't know exactly what cliff vesting is, but while Microsoft doesn't backload vesting, it does do vesting in chunks (like once a year iirc). And as another commenter pointed out it doesn't kick in until 6 months. But at places like google the vesting is monthly and starts after the first month. Also one quirk of microsoft is since they have a half-title promotion system, as I understand it, it's normal to get refreshers on years 1-3 through a 4 year vest after a half-title/one-level promotion.