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How can we give employees fully-vested options without having them incur a large tax bill?
Nov 18,2013November 18, 2013
This question was recently asked on Quora. We are giving some employees fully vested options in lieu of cash comp...
Driving Your Compensation Programs in Reverse
Oct 09,2013October 9, 2013
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Private Companies, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Start-up Pay, Stock Options
Many smaller companies have both limited time and expertise to spend on their compensation programs. Faced with immediate needs many...
Is 8 years RSU vesting period acceptable?
Oct 01,2013October 1, 2013
“After acquiring (a very successful) company I worked for, the acquiring corporation granted me, as one of very few key...
Is there are any cashless way to execute already vested stock options when leaving a pre-IPO startup?
Sep 20,2013September 20, 2013
Dan’s Answer: There are some potential ways to do this. The most common is below Ask your company if they...
What if company goes public before my vesting period is over?
Sep 20,2013September 20, 2013
“Say I am in year 2 of my employment and have received 25% of my total options are strike price...
What does it take to design an ESPP?
Sep 18,2013September 18, 2013
A World at Work member posted the following question: I am researching on designing an Employee Stock Purchase Plan for...
ESPP – Elective Suspension by Employee?
Sep 18,2013September 18, 2013
The following question was asked on the World at Work discussion board. “Hi there, I wonder if anyone has seen...
New Hire, Promotional and Annual Grants, which is the biggest and smallest?
Sep 10,2013September 10, 2013
Someone recently asked a question on the World at Work discussion board about best practices when determining grant sizes for...
162(m) – Created to Slow Public Companies, but a Real Accelerator for Start-ups
Aug 29,2013August 29, 2013
Twenty years ago, 162(m) was enacted by Congress. The purpose of this rule was to slow executive pay growth by...