Golden Handcuffs Definition
noun
A lucrative incentive to an employee intended to discourage resignation or to ensure long-term cooperation after departure.
American Heritage
(idiomatic) Any arrangement or agreement designed to provide extremely favorable benefits or pay, so as to discourage a participant from wanting to leave it, especially to retain a choice employee.
The stock plan really served as golden handcuffs for the executives.
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