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5:00Stock-Based Compensation: Vesting, Dilution, and What RSUs Really Cost
Your offer says "£100k in RSUs". You will not see a penny of it for a year, the tax bill lands before you can sell, and every grant the company hands out quietly shrinks the slice of the pie you already own.
Companies pay people in shares because it conserves cash and ties employees to the share price. A Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) is a promise to deliver shares in the future, *if* you stay. The headline number in your offer letter is the grant value; what you actually receive depends on three things the letter rarely explains: vesting, tax, and dilution.
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