How to analyse RSUs compensation between companies?
Amazon is giving 80K worth of stocks and PayPal is giving 40K worth of stocks. But in terms of units I’ll eventually get more units of PayPal stock. Also, the fluctuation in price of stocks of Amazon is less in terms of percentage. So which one would be better in this case?
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Do the vesting schedules align with your career or life goals? That plays a part too. Doesn’t matter what a company is offering if you might not be around to see it.
Strength of the stock aside, consider the grant amount, vesting schedule, refreshers, and any lockouts.
Look at the kinda of work they are offering & first decide the company. If you decide to go to PayPal...use Amazon offer to get a match for RSU. Number of units doesn’t matter. Definitely PayPal has a lot of room for growth wrt their stock value if they come up something cutting edge in short term.
$ is all that matters. Number of shares is irrelevant. One thing to keep in mind is refresh policies. Amazon doesn’t give you more stock if the price has gone up substantially since they think you should be happy anyway.
Lol. Do you really think the smaller number is a good idea?
Just for context, PayPal has a vesting cycle of 1/3 over 3 years.
☝🏼 this. If you work in taxes as well (avg ~2/3), it comes out to about a 5k difference per year
What is the location OP?
Look at the vesting. Amazon backloads their vesting so that you get very little the first two years. They have a high burnout rate and don’t have to pay out to those who leave.
The one that is worth more $, with the exception of vesting weirdness (Amazon backloads grants a lot right) and general faith in the company, raw number is completely irrelevant