If you have spent several years at a fast-growing company, there is a good chance a large share of your net worth now sits in a single stock. Restricted stock units (RSUs) accumulated while the stock price increased. Now the stock makes up a large slice of your net worth. What should you do now?

A career at Google can create meaningful financial opportunities. As compensation grows and new milestones come into view, so do the number of decisions competing for your attention.

If your company offers an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), you’ve probably heard it described as a fantastic perk or "free money." If your plan includes a 15% discount and a lookback period, it isn’t just a good perk — it's a great one, and mathematically one of the highest-yielding, lowest-risk investment vehicles available to you.

Being hired into an L6+ role at Google is a different financial experience than earlier career stages. At this level, base salary matters—but equity and tax strategy are what ultimately drive long-term outcomes.

Getting hired at Google is a major milestone. Along with exciting work and career momentum comes a compensation package that is more complex, and more powerful than many employees realize at first.

Over the five years ending December 2025, Google’s stock price significantly outperformed the S&P 500.