Joseph H. Howell, chief financial officer of EMusic.com Inc., agonized as he watched the stock price of his Internet music retailer tumble this year. Although he fretted about the California company's diminished worth on Wall Street, he was even more bothered by the prospect of massive defections among his 180 employees. Most of the workers held stock options priced at about $16 a share, and, by spring, EMusic's stock was trading at about $2. So in June, he decided to grant his workers a new batch of options priced at $2. "We're trying to make sure that our employees are receiving a good compensation package in an extremely competitive market," says Howell.
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机译：EMusic.com Inc.首席财务官约瑟夫·H·豪威尔（Joseph H. Howell）在观看互联网音乐零售商的股价今年暴跌时感到十分痛苦。尽管他对这家加州公司在华尔街的价值缩水感到不安，但他对180名员工中可能出现大规模叛逃的可能性感到更加不安。大多数工人持有的股票期权的价格约为每股16美元，而到了春季，EMusic的股票交易价格约为2美元。因此，在6月，他决定授予他的工人新一批的价格为2美元的期权。霍维尔说：“我们正在努力确保我们的员工在竞争激烈的市场中获得良好的薪酬待遇。”
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