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You only earn money if the stock price appreciate

• closetnerd 6y ago
  I'm envious of your laymen speak. Exactly right. RSU means they gave you the stock at price X. Options mean, they gave you the right to buy the stock at price X sometime in the future.
• dominotw 6y ago
  so its like call options where employer eats the option fee?
  • TheCoelacanth 6y ago
    Yes, except I think they usually just issue new stock when you exercise and dilute the existing owners instead of actually paying someone else for an option.