Employee stock option vesting

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Employee stock option vesting

Posted: 12/19/2005 10:07:23 AM EDT

I was offered 1/4 of shares after 1 year then 1/48th per month. Which obviously after 4 years all the stock will be vested.

Is this a standard deal for graduated vesting? Its fine for me as I plan to stay 5 years anyways if this job works out.

Posted: 12/19/2005 10:22:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Every deal is different but I think the deal I had was to vest in a total of 4 years or 1/48th per month. I don't think many companies these days give much of any "extras" like stock options. I would be very thankful for getting them at all. FYI: My stock was Internet or "dot com" based and it lost all value after the crash. At the time I was 25% vested and the value of 25% of the stock was about $200,000. Bird in the hand...

The company went bankrupt and I am not a milllionare as I had planned!

Good thing is that I live my life based on earning everyting I have and being thankful for those hard earned items. Still stinking rich would be nice. Some of the guys did cash out before the crash and bought houses, cars, and big screen TVs. Most have little to show for it now except for the guys who put the money in houses.

Posted: 12/19/2005 10:32:59 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
I was offered 1/4 of shares after 1 year then 1/48th per month. Which obviously after 4 years all the stock will be vested.

Is this a standard deal for graduated vesting? Its fine for me as I plan to stay 5 years anyways if this job works out.

Yes. I saw many folks sit on their options until we closed the doors on the company. They got $0. I got two Harleys and countless other toys from dumping my options at the right time.

Bird in the hand vs. Bird in the bush. Get some!! And......"offered"? Hell, they were given to you. No cost if you don't exercise. If employees work hard and make the company profitable, the stock goes up and you have FREE MONEY!!!!

Posted: 12/19/2005 11:01:12 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I was offered 1/4 of shares after 1 year then 1/48th per month. Which obviously after 4 years all the stock will be vested.

Is this a standard deal for graduated vesting? Its fine for me as I plan to stay 5 years anyways if this job works out.

Yes. I saw many folks sit on their options until we closed the doors on the company. They got $0. I got two Harleys and countless other toys from dumping my options at the right time.

Bird in the hand vs. Bird in the bush. Get some!! And......"offered"? Hell, they were given to you. No cost if you don't exercise. If employees work hard and make the company profitable, the stock goes up and you have FREE MONEY!!!!

I have not accepted job yet. Looking at different offers.

Posted: 12/19/2005 3:41:08 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
I was offered 1/4 of shares after 1 year then 1/48th per month. Which obviously after 4 years all the stock will be vested.

Is this a standard deal for graduated vesting? Its fine for me as I plan to stay 5 years anyways if this job works out.

Yes. I saw many folks sit on their options until we closed the doors on the company. They got $0. I got two Harleys and countless other toys from dumping my options at the right time.

Bird in the hand vs. Bird in the bush. Get some!! And......"offered"? Hell, they were given to you. No cost if you don't exercise. If employees work hard and make the company profitable, the stock goes up and you have FREE MONEY!!!!

I have not accepted job yet. Looking at different offers.

I'd concentrate on the salary part of the offer. That bird in hand thingy.....

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