[ehsankia]

As pointed out by others, they vest slowly over 4-5 years, to get you to stay. If you leave you lose your stocks. Also, they are taxed quite heavily so realistically imagine half of that. At the end of all that, $120,000 stocks would look like an extra 1000$ per month, which is still pretty good.

[nodesocket]

But levels.fyi is reporting annual stock. Facebook E5 is listed at $146,000 in stock annually not 4-5 years total.

[Thorrez]

RSUs are taxed the same as salary.