Name: The Incredibly Rare Benefit Top Tech Companies Offer - Equity Refreshers
Uploaded: 2022-05-02
Duration: 2 min 58 s
Description: You can get substantial equity grant refreshers as a result of your performance which can stack up and increase your tot

The Incredibly Rare Benefit Top Tech Companies Offer - Equity Refreshers

You can get substantial equity grant refreshers as a result of your performance which can stack up and increase your total compensation.

You can get substantial equity grant refreshers as a result of your performance which can stack up and increase your tot

Often refers to the "Big 5": Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. They have all broken the 1 trillion dollar mark at some point and are premier career destinations for software engineers.

We all know that software engineers are highly paid. The downside here is that tech compensation can be incredibly hard to understand, filled with so many different components.

RSU stands for "restricted stock unit", and it's core reason why Big Tech compensation is so high. Many senior engineers at these companies will get paid more in these than cash.

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