[caddemon]

Yes you could theoretically delay cash comp over a period of 3+ years like tech companies do with stock, but I've never heard of that happening.

I suppose by the technical definition the year end bonus cash is deferred comp, but I don't think 1 year is especially hard to plan around. People might stick out an extra few months because of it but it's not locking anyone in for years at a time. Plus even if you subtracted an entire year from the JS retention rates they are still quite good.

Regardless, the amounts cited by the original comment are only the base which isn't deferred by more than 2 weeks at a time, whatever your bonus potential is.

[Ntrails]

> I've never heard of that happening.

I have heard of it enough that I assume it is industry standard (much like the non compete).

Admittedly I am more familiar with the quant side than pure dev

[caddemon]

Interesting, I only have close friends at a handful of places so perhaps those are exceptions. Could be a dev vs trader thing too, I have heard the trader bonuses can get really nuts so maybe a deferred structure starts to make more sense at a point.