I think at many large enterprises getting paid in stock is standard for even junior line-worker hires. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, etc. People a few years into their career are often paid a majority in stock.
> I think at many large enterprises getting paid in stock is standard for even junior line-worker hires. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, etc. People a few years into their career are often paid a majority in stock.
Maybe at FAANG companies (whose FTE workers tend to be very well off) and some other companies with a startup lineage, but I highly doubt this is very widespread.
I, for one, would frankly refuse a compensation package that was majority stock, unless the salary was already good. It'd be too much like those Enron employees who filled their 401ks with Enron stock -- too many eggs in one basket.
If someone who's otherwise well-compensated complains about missing out on dividends on their stock, I have the world's smallest violin here, ready to play a song for them.
