golden handcuffs
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In the United States, employees often get stock options, a form of so-called "golden handcuffs" allowing workers to profit from share price gains over a set period of time.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
“The golden handcuffs aren’t so golden anymore,” said Stephanie Geveda, who previously oversaw business-services investing at private-equity firm Warburg Pincus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
According to Leo Peak, a real estate agent at Peak Family Real Estate Group, many homeowners are currently feeling the "golden handcuffs" effect of being locked into their homes by historically low mortgage rates.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
“Because of high interest rates,” he said, “there’s no mobility out of rental situations to buy homes. Everyone is stuck — homeowners with golden handcuffs, renters basically with unadorned handcuffs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
The dignitary lifted the golden handcuffs from the pillow upon which they reposed.
From The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
