5% in year 1, 15% in year 2, 40% in year 3, 40% in year 4.
This is unfavorable compared to other top-paying tech companies, however Amazon may offer a sign-on bonus for years 1 and 2 to help even out the total annual comp.
Aaah, I see how it all works together then.
On the other hand, AMZN stock has done much better than Facebook, Google, Apple over the last five years, so at least they have that.
Yes, but you don't have to work at AMZN to buy their stock. And RSUs are just another name for 'cash compensation, that was immediately spent on buying company stock'.
I think I heard that Amazon bases future grants on the assumption that the stock price will increase 15%. But I can tell you that my salary+bonus+RSU when they made an offer was based on the stock price not changing.