[LRUG] Equity/Stock/Share Options: Survey

[Sam Phillips]

Hi Steve,

That's good to hear - I was planning to outline the technical parts too and
will do so in my write up(s).

62 responses so far!

Thanks,

Sam


On 4 August 2014 15:27, Steve Lorek <steve.lorek at stevelorek.com> wrote:

> I'd be interested in a blog post explaining the various facets of equity
> compensation. I've been very skeptical and heard many horror stories, but
> don't have any technical knowledge.
>
> Steve
>
> On 2 Aug 2014, at 12:00, Sam Phillips <sam at samsworldofno.com> wrote:
>
> Hi LRUG,
>
> I've had a few anecdotal conversations about equity (option) schemes over
> the past few years and the way that they work in practice with real people
> in real companies where relationships are sometimes complex.
>
> I'm not so much thinking about whether or not these schemes are a good
> idea or worth sacrificing salary for.
>
> I'm hoping to come up with a more definitive view on what's going on so
> have put together a simple survey. If you are part of a company option
> scheme, or have been in the past, and could spend 2 minutes (it's 10 quick
> questions) on it, that would awesome.
>
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFFGZSH
>
> My motivation is to see if there are are trends in the way things are
> happening and to allow us to share our experiences. My (broad) hypothesis
> is that implementation of these schemes in practice is inconsistent across
> companies. My detailed hypothesis I'll reveal when I have some data :)
>
> I'll be sharing anonymised raw data (providing I actually get some, and
> participants agree), and will hopefully be able to break this down with
> some basic analysis too.
>
> As a few of you know, I'm not a statistician, so this is not very
> scientific! Any feedback on how to better collect this sort of data is
> happily received although I'll probably not want to change the questions
> half way through the sample period (again, you can tell me different if I'm
> wrong!).
>
> My aim right now is simply to get more data, learn more about what's going
> on, and to maybe start an open conversation on the topic.
>
> If you could take two minutes, that would be ace. Thank you so much!
>
> Sam
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