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golden handcuffs
golden handcuffs
financial arrangements given by a company to an important employee in order to influence them to stay with the company Share options are offered to top executives as golden handcuffs.
golden handcuffs
Financial benefits that an employee will lose upon resigning, as in The company's presented all the middle managers with golden handcuffs, so they can't afford to leave . This slangy business expression dates from the 1970s.
golden handcuffs
n. monetary inducements to stay on the job. (see also
golden parachute.)
The company provided a variety of golden handcuffs to keep its execs happy through a takeover.