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The corporate art of making you stay to keep what they already promised.
means The process by which you gradually earn full ownership of equity, options, or retirement contributions over time.
from From Latin vestire, to clothe — to be vested was to be invested with rights, like a garment you grow into year by year.
CliffQuit before year one, keep nothing.
Standard scheduleFour years, one-year cliff, then monthly.
Golden handcuffsUnvested stock turns resignations into expensive decisions.