could this just be stock? people get a salary + a percentage of their salary in stock If the stock is going up non-linearly, wouldn't earnings be skewed. Esp

could this just be stock? people get a salary + a percentage of their salary in stock If the stock is going up non-linearly, wouldn't earnings be skewed. Especially new people compared to people vesting stuff from a couple years back. or are people getting salaries of 500k irrespective of stock? are they matching salaries to stock of other companies?