A kick in the teeth.

Subscribing to the New York Times is one of the few pleasures in my life.

You can imagine my displeasure then when I saw this article on Monday's front page.

The average options grant for a new Google employee — or “Noogler” — who started in November 2006 was 685 shares at a price of roughly $475 a share. They also would have received, on average, 230 shares of stock outright that will vest over a number of years.

The Nooglers might not be talking about second homes in Aspen or personal jets, but they are talking about down payments on a first home, new cars and kitchen renovations.

Son of a bitch.