[yid]

> If I were a 4th level worker at your company...and suddenly the kicker pool rewards me with a couple of million, I might seriously consider quitting.

This is precisely why equity vests over time instead of being awarded as a one-time event, and generally why the best employees are given regular equity refreshers.

You could quit when you hit that $1m mark, but on the other hand, if you stay for another N years, you might make even more. That's the thinking they're trying out here.

If you're really worthwhile to the company, your progressive equity refreshers might even be superlinear -- so you stand to make significantly more than what you've already made as an incentive to stay.