Someone recently asked me to explain how I knew what direction to take plan design conversations. She had participated in...
Big Bucks, Tiny Details and Multiple Personalities
When it comes to compensation, it’s easy to get caught up in strategy and communication. We know that missing a...
You are Not Lebron James (or Facebook, or Google)
Lebron James has just become the youngest person in NBA history to score 25,000 points in his career. He is...
Do Worker’s Want Shares or Cash? as quoted in the WSJ
Dan Walter, President and CEO of Performensation was quoted in this article on the topic of more broad-based use of...
IN MEMORIUM: FAREWELL ANNUAL RAISE
An article was published last week with data from Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson that showed the annual pay raise is...
Let’s Get Rid of ISOs, ESPPs and Voting for President
Incentive Stock Options, or ISOs, have been the foundation of tech company stock option programs for the past three decades....
Speed, Velocity and Acceleration in Pay
I was reading a Facebook message a parent posted about their kid’s physics homework and it resonated as a reminder...
What is the normal RSU policy for private companies? I recently got an offer from such company and they say that if I work for x years and I leave, I would get x more years to sell the RSUs otherwise they would expire. So if I leave after 1 year and no IPO in the next 2 years, I don’t get anything.
Question: (org. on Quora) Answer (by Dan Walter) The most common company policy for RSUs follows the basic structure below:...
Combatting Self Interest in Pay
Professor Dylan Selterman (@SelterMosby) is a psychology lecturer at the University of Maryland. Earlier this summer he gave his students...
How have you seen Stock Options or Performance Rights grants change for employees from Pre-IPO to Post-IPO?
Question (Orig. on Quora): How have you seen Stock Options or Performance Rights grants change for employees from Pre-IPO to...