> if it was all about the money, you'd see people getting laid off right before their vesting cliffs Except it sorta does. You can’t casually lay people off bu

> if it was all about the money, you'd see people getting laid off right before their vesting cliffs Except it sorta does. You can’t casually lay people off but companies absolutely optimize around payouts. Amazon, for example, famously had an average tenure of less than two years for outgoing employees, with a vesting schedule that heavily increased after 24 mo. Conversely, Google famous link doesn’t like to cull underperforming employees. They have a front-weighted vesting schedule so underperforming employees get an effective pay cut.