One person I know of gets real stock (AFAIK). It took a few years of working there initially before they were vested but now he can choose to sell them immediat

One person I know of gets real stock (AFAIK). It took a few years of working there initially before they were vested but now he can choose to sell them immediately after they become available to him every year and pay income tax on it or hang onto them for >= 1 year and then they get treated as long term capital gains like regular stock. He bought his entire house with the stock he accumulated over the 10ish years he worked there.