After years of missteps, Blue Origin to finally offer meaningful stock options

After years of missteps, Blue Origin to finally offer meaningful stock options

It's a big fat middle finger for those that thought they had something."

Blue Origin Finally Gives Employees Real Stock Options After Years of Compensation Missteps

Blue Origin is doing something it should have done years ago. Jeff Bezos’s space company is finally rolling out meaningful stock options for its workforce — a move that comes after a long history of compensation practices that left employees feeling shortchanged compared to peers at SpaceX, ULA, and other aerospace competitors. According to Ars Technica, Blue Origin has begun offering equity grants that carry real financial weight, a sharp depar…

After falling far behind the rest of industry, Blue Origin creates new stock option plan

Editor's note: On Monday afternoon, Blue Origin chief executive Dave Limp sent employees an email announcing a "new stock option" plan that would allow all employees to participate in and eventually convert vested options. This article explains why this is so important for the company in the competitive space industry. Two years after he founded his space company in the summer of 2004, Jeff Bezos penned a letter that greeted new employees with t…