> Why do so many quit google after less than five years? Usually initial stock grants are for four years. If the price goes up enough and then relatively flatt

> Why do so many quit google after less than five years? Usually initial stock grants are for four years. If the price goes up enough and then relatively flattens out, it can happen that one’s total compensation begins decreasing after the fourth year. That, and 4-5 years is enough time to build a sufficiently large safety net that one can attempt to strike out on one’s own.