Tech giants like Google and Amazon have cracked the code to look filthy rich—pay employees with Monopoly money, er, shares.
Stock options and RSUs slash those pesky cash expenses, juicing up profit margins for Wall Street’s delight. It’s all smoke and mirrors—non-cash costs pile up, shares dilute like cheap wine, but who cares when the balance sheet sparkles?
Employees gobble up the equity bait, dreaming of Lambos, while the companies stash real cash for toys like moonshots or buybacks.
Genius, right? Until the market tanks, and everyone’s left holding a bag of worthless pixels. Bravo, Silicon Valley.
