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The article seems to intentionally obscure whether the previous vesting period was quarterly or not. My cynical read of this is that they are changing the vest

The article seems to intentionally obscure whether the previous vesting period was quarterly or not. My cynical read of this is that they are changing the vesting schedule to quarterly (instead of monthly, which is more typical), and burying the lede on that by painting this as a benefit to employees (when it really only impacts new employees). Does anyone know if this is true or not?

piercebot 5y ago
Typically, there's a "cliff" after the first year, at which point it switches to quarterly. So you get nothing the first three quarters, but after quarter 4 (your first year at the company), 25% of your 4-year grant is immediately vested. Every quarter after that is another 6.25% of your initial grant. I believe the point they were trying to make in the article is that, instead of quarterly grants following the pattern of: [0%, 0%, 0%, 25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, ...] It would instead follow the pattern: [6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, ...] ```
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fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago
I’ve seen quarterly vesting much more often than monthly in offers from several different companies over the years.
mynameisvlad 5y ago
> instead of monthly, which is more typical Is it? Almost all my and my friends' RSUs have been quarterly, with a typically 1 year cliff as described in the article.
- bentlegen 5y ago
  Maybe this is new, but in my 15 year career working for startups, I've only ever had monthly vesting.
  - djrogers 5y ago
    Odd, 21 years of startups here and have only ever seen annual or quarterly vests until my current role (which I just started).
    - bentlegen 5y ago
      Anecdotally, looks like I've had the outlier experience, I suppose.
      - hkarthik 5y ago
        I've had both monthly and quarterly vesting at both startups and big companies. No rhyme or reason for why either one since the companies were in different sectors/segments. Probably just an accounting quirk.

piercebot 5y ago

Typically, there's a "cliff" after the first year, at which point it switches to quarterly. So you get nothing the first three quarters, but after quarter 4 (your first year at the company), 25% of your 4-year grant is immediately vested. Every quarter after that is another 6.25% of your initial grant. I believe the point they were trying to make in the article is that, instead of quarterly grants following the pattern of: [0%, 0%, 0%, 25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, ...] It would instead follow the pattern: [6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, 6.25%, ...] ```

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fshbbdssbbgdd 5y ago

I’ve seen quarterly vesting much more often than monthly in offers from several different companies over the years.

mynameisvlad 5y ago

> instead of monthly, which is more typical Is it? Almost all my and my friends' RSUs have been quarterly, with a typically 1 year cliff as described in the article.

bentlegen 5y ago
Maybe this is new, but in my 15 year career working for startups, I've only ever had monthly vesting.
- djrogers 5y ago
  Odd, 21 years of startups here and have only ever seen annual or quarterly vests until my current role (which I just started).
  - bentlegen 5y ago
    Anecdotally, looks like I've had the outlier experience, I suppose.
    - hkarthik 5y ago
      I've had both monthly and quarterly vesting at both startups and big companies. No rhyme or reason for why either one since the companies were in different sectors/segments. Probably just an accounting quirk.