No, "golden handcuffs" are anything that seem like a good thing at the time but that prevent you from leaving. "Golden handcuffs are a system of financial ince

No, "golden handcuffs" are anything that seem like a good thing at the time but that prevent you from leaving. "Golden handcuffs are a system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company. These can include employee stock options that will not vest for several years but are more often contractual obligations to give back lucrative bonuses or other compensation if the employee leaves for another company." -- Wikipedia I would like to hear arguments about how a doubled salary, thanks to profit-sharing, does not count as a "system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company." It is merely the carrot and not the stick. (Does nobody Google any more?)