If you are on the receiving end of an equity compensation award, you may be overwhelmed by the amount of new information, jargon, and rules coming your way. You might also feel uncertain about how new equity grants and vesting schedules should fit into your existing financial plan.

To begin, you can start by focusing on a few fundamentals about how your specific benefits work. Regardless of what kind of equity compensation you have, two critical components to understand will be grant dates and vest dates. READ MORE