[nocommentguy]

Not weird considering that capital gains are taxed lower than ordinary income.

[paxys]

RSUs handed out by all large companies are also taxed as ordinary income.

[plantain]

a) jurisdiction dependent, it's a bigger company than the US.

b) if they issue RSU's at $Y, then buyback stock to drive the price up to $Z, the employee's take $Y as ordinary income, and $Z-$Y as cap gains, which is usually taxed more favourably

[jtsiskin]

At what price are the RSU’s taxed - at the point they vest, or when initially allocated?

[plantain]

Usually vesting.

[varispeed]

Mostly because they are used by party donors and other wealthy people who "influence" politicians. When everyone gets paid in dividends, they'll find different mechanism for the wealthy to extract money and tax dividends just like any other income.