Alternatively, RSUs are a way of giving you what feels a little like money now, but if they change their mind later they don't have to pay you. Why would they p

Alternatively, RSUs are a way of giving you what feels a little like money now, but if they change their mind later they don't have to pay you. Why would they pay you at all if they did not value you? RSUs are worth less than equivalent cash, getting RSUs should signal less commitment than a cash bonus. To answer the original question, no, not worth loyalty, but no money is. You can think of them as a slightly complicated raise. That being said, over the past 10 years, RSUs have been very good for a lot of tech workers. They may or may not continue to be good.