I just had someone send me an article titled “REASON BEHIND THE MICROSOFT-LINKEDIN DEAL”. The premise behind that article is...
Archive for category: Equity Compensation
A Small Problem for Compensation Professionals
Jun 07,2016June 7, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Board of Director Compensation, compensation, compensation philosophy, equity, ESPP, executive compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, pay, pay for performance, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards, worldatwork
This is not the article I intended to post today. I had something else ready to go, but realized this...
Why Equity and Not Just a Bigger Salary?
May 23,2016May 23, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Base Salaries, cable, equity, executive compensation, executive pay, harvard, HBR, Incentives/Bonuses, P4P, pay for performance, Performance Management, stock options, stock/equity compensation, vermeulen
This February, the Harvard Business Review published Stop Paying Executives for Performance” by Dan Cable and Freek Vermeulen. The basis...
How Will The New Overtime Rules Affect You?
May 18,2016May 18, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Compensation Plan Design, Compensation Planning, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Job Structures, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock OptionsTags Base Pay / Salary, Bonus, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, compensation plan design, compensation strategy, Department of Labor, DOL, FLSA, HCE, Highly Compensated Employees, Incentives/Bonuses, job structures, Overtime, Overtime Pay
Is your mind already racing about how the new overtime regulations will affect your company? The media is buzzing about...
A Chrome Panda Predicts Demise of Stock Options
May 11,2016May 11, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Bonus, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Long Term Incentives, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Recognition, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Short-Term Incentives - STI, Stock OptionsTags Benefits & Perquisites, compensation philosophy, dropbox, equity compensation, Incentives/Bonuses, ownership, panda, perks, recognition, RSUs, Social Media & Rewards, stock options, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
On May 7, 2016, it was reported that a giant chrome panda predicted the imminent crippling of stock options in...
Why is it SO DIFFICULT to Get Equity Amounts Right?
May 03,2016May 3, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Other Rewards, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock OptionsTags black scholes, compensation communication, compensation philosophy, equity, merton, perceived value, precipice, realizable pay, realized pay, rocket, stock/equity compensation, total rewards
Let me start this by saying that there is little new in this post. If you have been a senior...
What happens to employee unvested stock options upon acquisition?
Apr 26,2016April 26, 2016
Question (Orig. on Quora): Let say I’ve received 1% over 4 years. At the end of the second year we...
UPDATE ISS Equity Plan Scorecard EPSC 2.0
Apr 25,2016April 25, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Compensation Philosophy, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, compensation philosophy, EPSC, executive compensation, executive pay, Frank Glasser, Institutional Shareholders, ISS, pay for performance, Regulations & Public Policy, stock/equity compensation
Have you ever played a card game with 5-year olds? Before you start, they explain the game in vague details...
That List of the Highest Paying Companies is WRONG!
Apr 21,2016April 21, 2016
A report from 24/7 Wall St. touting the “25 highest paying companies in America” is being passed around the internet...
What’s Equity Really Worth?
Apr 13,2016April 13, 2016
By adminIn Articles, Communication, Equity Compensation, ESPP, Executive Compensation, Other Rewards, Pay For Performance, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, RSU, SAR-Stock Appreciation Rights, Say on Pay, Stock OptionsTags compensation, compensation communication, dilution, equity compensation, executive compensation, pay, pay for performance, perception, restrictions, rsu, stock options, stock/equity compensation, taxation, total rewards, valuation
We all know that equity compensation is the driver behind the astronomic growth in executive compensation. We all know that...