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by btilly 1843 days ago
Lots do monthly/quarterly vesting. But all have 1 year cliffs. With the idea that you get nothing if you don't last.

I had the wonderful experience of being hired at Google many years ago, and pulled into an SRE role. I was in the roughly half that they do that with that don't work out. And I didn't work out for exactly the reason that I initially expressed doubts about. (I don't task switch that fast - not a problem in a SWE but a major problem for an SRE.) I was let go 5 days before my 1 year cliff.

That is one of the reasons why I, personally, discount equity compensation.

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> But all have 1 year cliffs.

Google and Facebook don't anymore. You start vesting right away.