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		meterplech on June 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skype Fires Executives, Avoiding Payouts Just when I (and everyone else) was saying how horrible this is, I was shocked to find out the Google did something very similar to a Director of Operations named Brian Reid. They fired him 9 days before the IPO- leaving him with 119,000 unvested options at $.30 strike price. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reid_(computer_scientist)

euroclydon on June 20, 2011 | [–]

If they're not vested, they're not vested. Maybe developers should strive for their delivery schedule to tightly coincide with their vesting schedule.

gnosis on June 20, 2011 | [–]

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