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Taking Advantage Of Stock Benefits

While switching jobs or even considering a new job offer, one has to understand what the different kinds of equity compensation are.

Stock options allow an employee to purchase shares in the company and go through a lock-in period of a certain number of years before the shares are buyable to them.

  • Stock options don’t need any upfront money from the employees, and if the company performs well over the years, they gain substantially.
  • If the company stock dips, the stock options become worthless.

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