Amazon offers a RSU vesting schedule of 5%, 15%,  and 40% over 4 years. Doesn't this vesting schedule create strong incentives to manage out non exceptional performers by their second year as a matter of policy?
How does equity work? If I have 9,000 shares in a company with a 4 year vesting period with a 12 month cliff? What does that mean for me during an acquisition?