Declining Employee Loyalty: A Casualty of the New Workplace

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> Financial incentives — including stock options, restricted stock and pensions — are other ways that companies have tried to tie employees to their firms.

I've found vesting periods to be prohibitive enough that I don't even consider these things when negotiating employment.

Also, I'd add that job-hopping (what I'd define as working somewhere less than 12-24 months) seems to have been de-stigmatized – at least in larger tech hubs.

Exactly. my current employer has a five year vesting schedule. Who cares about five years? I demanded more base. If you are at a company longer than one year you are in serious trouble. Sorry, but corporations and the scuzzy managers brought this upon themselves.

The one thing that usually catches my eye is when a company offers these things 100% vested. I know that I'm dealing with people that understand what I want.

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