LGS
I don't need you to tell me about the City, how it works, or share options.
I was a City trader for a few years, before I realised it was a crappy job - I then traded it for a crappier job in aviation.
Apart from your reference to Premier Farnell, everything else you mention is pure supposition.
How do you know she had to "be enticed to take up the poisoned chalice", or that " It was probably accompanied by a lower salary than she would otherwise earn"?
You are just guessing mate. Unless you're on the remuneration committee, or board of TCG, you just cannot have access to the details.