About Amazon equity
Amazon (AMZN, HQ WA) grants RSUs to employees. No ESPP. with a other vesting cadence. Back-weighted vesting schedule (5/15/40/40 or variants); sign-on cash offsets early years.
The other cadence
Amazon's vesting shape is not the standard 4-year/25-annual pattern. Read your grant agreement carefully; some schedules are back-weighted.
What to do next
- Run the RSU vesting calculator against your next tranche.
- Read the complete RSU guide.
- Match with a fiduciary advisor before a meaningful event.