Stock compensation gives Big Tech workers a powerful reason to stay. Layoffs and the AI boom are changing the equation.

Source: Business Insider

Rob Waters (left), Julie Zhu (center), and Yousuf Imran (right) weighed Big Tech stock compensation as they considered their next career moves. Rob Waters (left), Julie Zhu (center), and Yousuf Imran (right)Big Tech stock can be worth a fortune — if workers remain employed long enough to get it. Layoffs can suddenly wipe out stock workers were waiting to collect.