Disappearing perk: Employee stock options - CNNMoney

Disappearing perk: Employee stock options

The popularity of
employee stock options has waned in recent years, particularly since the
arrival of the financial crisis.
By David
Ellis, staff writerJuly 6,
2010: 3:50 AM ET

NEW YORK
(CNNMoney.com) -- The time-honored employee stock option has seen better
days.

Long a popular tool for compensating employees at
burgeoning start-ups and top executives at multi-national corporations,
the practice of granting options to workers has increasingly fallen out
of favor.