#rsu

I’m being straightforward here: I’m not keeping my money in Fiserv anymore. In 2025, I tried to offset some of the losses by buying as we slid, hoping we’d stabilize. Looking at my vested RSUs now is just discouraging. In a single year, we lost nearly 75% of our value. I know it’s technically a paper loss, but it’s hard to see it as anything other than a disincentive.

We also haven’t seen meaningful insider investment from leadership. It feels like we’re in a defensive crouch — holding ground, cutting costs, and trying to ride out the storm. I still believe this company can turn things around, but 2025 took a lot of the loyalty out of me.

As we head into Tuesday’s announcement, all we can really do is hope together. With the lack of clarity and vision from the top, hope is the only thing we’ve been given.

Now that we see Crown Castle is going to weasel out on the RSUs for the 20% of people they are laying off tomorrow, it made me wonder about this corporate squeeze-play they are doing with RSUs for those in the perimeter.
I’ve been a project manager long enough to know when a project plan has a massive hole in it. Right now, the company is spinning this "retention incentive" like they’re doing us a favor. But look at the math: they are accelerating what we already earned from last year, while completely cutting us out of the 2026 LTI grant.
There are over half of us moving to Zayo or EQT. That means over half the company just got hit with a massive compensation gap while those remaining get the full bag.
For those of us in the field, those RSUs are a huge part of our total pay. If you take that away, it’s basically a constructive pay cut.
A few things that don’t sit right:

1. The SEC filings say the company has to operate in the "ordinary course of business" until the deal closes. Skipping a standard annual grant for a couple thousand people doesn’t sound like "ordinary course" to me. It sounds like a budget hack to make the books look better for the buyers.
2. Does this trigger "Good Reason" for us having a material reduction in compensation is grounds to walk with full severance.
3. We already saw the Byler v. Crown Castle class action pay out for the California crew. Do they really want 2,000 more of us filing a bad faith suit while they’re trying to close a multi-billion dollar deal?
   Accelerating my old money doesn't make up for stealing my new money. If Zayo isn't putting a "bridge grant" in our offer letters, Crown Castle is leaving us high and dry.
   Time to stop being "Castle Casualties" and start asking questions about our rights, too.

Got a paystub in the mail today showing one amount and a date of 1/27. Fidelity shows a different amount, looks like it's based on market price. Fidelity says Verizon hasn't released the funds yet.

I'm planning to submit my two weeks notice after my bonus and RSUs have vested and been paid out. Would I still be able to use any accrued vacation or sick time during that two week notice period?

Did anyone get RSUs or options on their white sheet this year? I had been getting sign-on refreshers since I started five years ago. I haven’t got my white sheet yet, but I don’t see anything in UBS.

I was laid off with the Dec 19 crew. I got an RSU payout on Jan 20, another one on Jan 27, and then the last one on Jan 29 (yesterday). The first two were paid out to my Fidelity Individual account in cash. The last one was paid in VZ stock though. Anyone know why the last one was in stock?

I have been carefully watching the status of RSUs due to being riffed. I have a screen shot of RSU units and estimated value at that time. The severance FAQ document Q.33 indicates that RSUs granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025 will pay out at their vested rate in 60-90 days after severance.

WARNING: What is not stated .... is that all your RSU's will be frozen at stock value as of 12/19/2025 (last day of employment). Meaning -- what is distributed (arbitrarily and in the last few weeks) is now where near the estimated vested rate per Fidelty in November or December.

Anyone else’s excited for their Sharing Success award! Such a thoughtful thing our company does, rewarding us with a whopping 65 units….
The RSUs and cash bonuses are pathetic.
Meanwhile, BM (Bowel Movement) unloads nearly 17k shares for just under $1m in the middle of each month.

Admittedly, I don’t know much about the stock market or these RSUs. But whenever I log onto the Fidelity app, it shows there’s 6 RSUs to my credit. I thought it was 10 given to us back in 2023. Can someone explain without being a pr--k?

The people lamenting the departure of the Frontier executives have it backwards. Here’s what actually happened:
1- Frontier was loosing money and marketshare
2- Activist hedge funds took a stake in the ailing company and shepherded it through a bankruptcy which reduced its debt
3- They recruited John Stratton, Nick Jeffery and other executives to lead the company after emerging from bankruptcy. Those executives received significant awards of stock and RSUs. The RSUs would vest immediately upon sale of the company
4- Frontier’s situation improved under their leadership although it’s still losing money
5- The hedge funds and the executives got a big payday by selling the company for $20 billion in cash to Verizon. Stratton made about $100 million, Jeffery about $90 million and the hedge funds made billions in profits. The Frontier executives had to resign in order to maximize their payday. They would have been fools to stay.

Hi all, I got an offer at another big bank/competitor. As a VP in risk/controls department, I see that I am required to give a 30 day notice period. Anything less and I will lose my RSU and will be ineligible for rehire.

What is likely to happen if I disclose that I am switching jobs to a competitor and I give my 30 day notice? Will they let me go on the spot, or will they let me finish out my 30 day notice period?

I guess the best time to retire was yesterday. If I want to maximize the amount RSUs I receive, when is the best time to retire? After this years RSUs are received?

Bank of America staff is getting $1B in equity due to record profits ~ 9th year in a row.

Btw....they are hiring!

https://careers.bankofamerica.com

End of February would be final date I qualify. Still looking for next job.

I am not able to get it from the HR site. Eliza is also not helpful in this aspect or I am no good in using Eliza - who knows

Waiting for the 401k matching credit (or should I) and the bonus check. Foregoing the RSUs

Questions are

1. What is the notice period for SVP level employee?
2. This year we have 25 days vacation - can these days be used during the notice period - including other time off benefits like Work from Anywhere, paid Safe time and other - are they prorated
3. How does benefit work during the notice period -
4. Am I still an employee (and rules bound) or can I be employed elsewhere in parallel
5. Most importantly, how does compliance work in terms of trading - they can no longer terminate me ... This I wont HR will answer or Eliza can interpret
6. Since I am leaving voluntarily how does the NDA and IP impact me during notice period and AFTER that (most importantly)

When will promotion, raise and RSU refresh be notified for Feb 2026 cycle?

What are the different ways of managing RSUs after the restriction period is over? What are the tax implications?

Any word on a cash award coming for 2026?

Past couple of years it has paid out end of Jan / early Feb.

I wonder if the $2k RSU from last year will cause us not to get it.

Just checking if the Brit’s got their RSUs as part of the redundancy program. It would be very bad form if EM didn’t give to us after all but wouldn’t surprise me with this company. Im playing the waiting game for the Australia communication.

Vacation pay rec'd 1/2/26, anyone hearing when our LTI Stock units will be available? I've got 530 RSU's coming my way. Best of luck to all those Rif'd.

Did anyone else notice how much smaller the end of yesr bonuses were?

Every year, I am told - by a series of different managers - that you have to be an I10 to get RSUs. Is this true? Anyone receive RSU grants below I10?

As you know, many of us in the Symantec and Carbon Black divisions are in a resting-and-vesting mindset. We don’t care whether the division performs well; we only care about the RSUs going into our pockets.

Either you are delusional or clueless about what to do with our division, but please keep us and continue granting us more RSUs.

Long standing BNY employee here with unvested RSUs maturing over 4 years running into $200K.

Now concerned that my time is up. Is there any truth to the rumor that they are canceling RSUs if you are fired?

I was given RSUs a few weeks ago. Does that mean I won’t get a cash bonus during my January compensation conversation?

What are the bonuses typically for US developers? Senior associates, vp, and senior vp levels.

Saw this one below...very helpful...what happens at CL30 and beyond in terms of RSU, EBU, Cash?

CL 26, E, 140
CL 26, 0, 160
CL 27, E, 160
CL 27, 0, 200
CL28, 0, 300
CL28, E, 200
CL28, VG, 160
CL29, O, 400
CL29, E, 300
CL29, VG, 200

I had 5 RSUs scheduled to vest today. When I checked my account there are no pending transactions and now the next transaction is scheduled for March of next year. Is this happening for anyone else?

did anyone receive RSU's after layoffs? In my final letter, they haven't mentioned anything specifically about RSU's but on my etrrade it shows RSU vesting pending.

Anyone else recently laid off get that email today?
I already logged in to Fidelity and accepted the RSU's before they change their mind.

I got the email. I am a high performer so it was not based on that. I suspect the offer is age based to get rid of the high salary folks. I am 62.
Exit date May 31 2026.
Depending on your level 8 - 26 weeks severance (26 weeks is VP level).
RSU - an additional year of vesting.
2026 Bonus will be pro-rated.
30 days continuation Medical
18 Months Subsidized Cobra (you pay what an employee pays).

Thought might be useful info, so bumping the post up. OP: @aq+1kbjqa3b6

$1.5m base
250% sti = $3.7m

$59.5 grants due on 2027

RSUs:
$9.5m
$20m
$30m
(As reported in Verizon's SEC filings for his appointment)

The Broadcom RSU money is life changing

225K for Darren. He’s got about 2 million shares now

KAM is just disgusting to me. After 3 years already accumulated 645K RSUs.

JPW and NAC both received 118K shares this year and each have about 1 million shares.

It’s disgusting what goes to the top

G10
Raise: 0%
RSU: 0$

Came in as a G12 employee through a Cisco acquisition. The first year was simply aligning the base pay and bonus to match Cisco. The second year, got full 18% bonus, $45K RSU but no base pay increase.

How is Cisco with G12 comp? Are there annual RSU refreshers and/or base pay increases?

I've also seen posts about how G12 are generally at a higher risk for layoffs. With the company pushing for margins it's making me anxious.

Do we still get that rsu that was supposed to vest in March?

My RSU will be vesting in first week of Dec but I got laid off as of today 14th. Along with notice period and garden leave, the last day is on Dec 12th. Will i be eligible to receive RSU's or they will forefiet it.

in the offbording package, they havent' mentioned anything specific on RSU's other than saying, the benfits will continue until the last day.

For new hires, the minimum total compensation (for example, a $100k base salary + $100k in RSUs) is locked in for the first four years as stated in the offer letter, but that guarantee expires in the fifth year. When I checked the compensation section on my.company.com, it only showed my $100k base salary and didn’t mention RSUs at all.

Can anyone clarify how total compensation works starting in year five? Will the RSU portion remain the same as the amount listed in the original offer letter, or will it be adjusted based on the current market compensation for my job level and performance?

Nothing like a layoff and getting g F’ed by the stock price at the same time. I’m sure there are some like Uncle Larry taking it to the bank.

Cutting 15,000 employees should save the company mucho dinero (after the initial cost outlay). That said, hopefully those let go will receive a good severance payout…including health coverage, STI and remaining stock plan.