Vesting is monthly (for the FAANGs I'm familiar with), you can even set it on auto sale to automatically sell your shares as they vest and just take the cash ev

Vesting is monthly (for the FAANGs I'm familiar with), you can even set it on auto sale to automatically sell your shares as they vest and just take the cash every month if you never want to see stocks. I feel like I shouldn't have to explain that publicly traded stock is highly convertible for cash!