More RSUs if stock price goes down?
If we get a recession in 2020 and stock pride were to go down, do public companies give more RSUs to make up for that?
Lol, no. If there is recession you should pray that they don’t let you go. It’s not like other companies are hiring during a recession. By definition recession means economy is contracting. I think the scenario might work for you is when we are in a bear market where it’s just the stock market that suffering but overall economy is still growing.
This doesn't compute. If the economy is growing and doing fine, the stock market shouldn't be going down long-term. There might be short-term adjustments for risk management. The clearest scenario is when your company isn't doing well, compared to others. Its stock depreciates, while competitors' appreciates.
That is correct. I know LinkedIn CEO offered stocks from his own share to make up for employees when LinkedIn stocks collapsed just before it got acquired by Microsoft. However, I think it was exception case. If company isn’t doing well they won’t be in a position to provide more stocks without devaluing company.
You get a amount as a bonus not number of rsus. So basically you are getting more rsus if company share price is low
If the economy is tanking, expect refresh budgets to go down too. No need to pay so much when people are losing their jobs and it's not hard to hire.
For Amazon, yes if it’s down at the time of comp review and it puts you below your target comp. Not to say that salary ranges couldn’t be revised downward, effecting your target, but that would require a long term market trend.
they don’t take away RSUs if the stock price goes up. If it causes attrition they might offer new grants. But if it’s a stock market wide thing, it probably will impact many competing companies similarly