explainer of pay-out scheme for Stock option plans
5/7/2022
5
min. leestijd

Employee participation: how do I make a gift look like a gift?

Together with Sharesquare, we 'gamified' the virtual stock option plan.
Savannah Koomen

Top talent is not satisfied with a 'simple' salary. Because companies work hard to attract and retain top talent, they often opt for virtual stock option plans. Great plan! Until you realize that key talent sees the virtual stock option plans not as a bonus, but as legal homework. Together with Sharesquare, we 'gamified' the virtual stock option plan.

It is an incomprehensible construction full of suspicious buzzwords such as “exit”, “fortress” and “milestones”. So here's the challenge: how do you make a gift look like a gift? For the virtual stock option to work properly, employees must understand and benefit from the arrangement. For entrepreneurs and their teams, it's about increasing the company's value. The stock option plan should reflect this. That is why we have decided to explain how the virtual stock option plan works in the form of rules. They show how business value and personal bonuses can be maximized, when bonuses are paid out and to whom.

Commissioned by Sharesquare