[rupert1234]

Employees are paid stock. It's hard for prospective/current employees to take the valuation seriously without some external validation. This is a problem for both employees and employer. The investors (SL and AH) are seen to be savvy. This round solves a specific problem for the company.

[foota]

Makes me wonder, I'd assumed that Waymo employees get Alphabet stock, do y'all think this is inaccurate?

[BigBubbleButt]

Nope. Waymo employees get Waymo stock.

[rockinghigh]

They get Waymo RSUs.

[Jagat]

and from what I've heard, they give X RSU, and don't tell what that would be worth till you accept the offer and start working for them.

[djannzjkzxn]

Does everyone get that treatment? Seems like it would hurt recruitment of experienced engineers. I won’t work for mystery bucks when there are plenty of companies (including Google) that pay well with liquid stock.

[pas]

You can ask for a raise, quit, look for a new job, and also take a look around. Doesn't sound like that big of an issue.

[rupert1234]

Hence this raise. It makes mystery bucks less mysterious.