stock options

The right to purchase a company's shares at a future date at an agreed price. Companies often give stock options to their executives as an incentive to improve the company's performance and boost its share price. If the share price has risen above the agreed price of the option by the time the option is exercised, the executive stands to make a considerable profit.

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He said in addition to the signing bonuses, Meta was offering more than that in "compensation per year", though did not spell out whether that was in wages or stock options and other incentives.

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But more valuable are the long-term incentive bonuses, which are paid in shares of stock and stock options and are based on earnings.

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In addition to supporting high salary jobs, tech companies offer employees stock options, so the state benefits from taxing capital gains, the profit earned when the shareholder sells their stock for a higher price.

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It also split the managerial class: You have CEOs and other top management getting rewarded with stock options, so they become completely aligned with the owners of capital.

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Stock market volatility tends to depress initial public offerings and exercises of stock options, which are two important sources of capital gains that boost state revenues.

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