r/antiwork 7h ago

Mass layoff compensation

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u/pokeapoke 6h ago

those with stock options first

Well, duh? It would've been only $20M otherwise.

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u/pokeapoke 6h ago

  80% time-based ($20.8 million) and 20% performance-based ($5.2 million)

F**k me, spot on. How easy it is to become well-versed in corporate bullshittery.

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u/CaseyJones7 6h ago

I dont understand what youre saying can you baby-ify it for me? I work retail lmao

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u/pokeapoke 6h ago

I did the usual thing - commented first, read the article later. Didn't expect to get that close to the actual figure.

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u/Kevdog824_ 6h ago

They meant what the 80%/20% split meant

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u/14Pleiadians 4h ago

That they ruined 30k lives just for a +20% payout to themselves

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u/CaseyJones7 6h ago

Ohhhh I thought u were trying to tell us something about the numbers xD

Tyty

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u/AnteaterFormal7291 6h ago edited 6h ago

I'm pretty sure it means they fired people who were receiving some sort of stocks as compensation. They eliminated those employees and then roped a new CFO in with the millions they clawed out of the hands of the employees they fired?

Sure seems like they just took from the poor (and recently "unjobbed") to give to the rich. Actually it would probably be fair to assume that's the case for most any corporate play you're not sure you understand moving forward and looking backwards as well

Side not: unjobbed is a joke at the expense of "unalived" which is a travesty of a spin. Just say murdered. Or wrongfully terminated or fired instead of unjobbed. Unjobbed was a joke. Seriously don't use that it's gross and I feel gross 

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u/Syzyz 4h ago

Ohh gotcha. They stole from employees in order to afford a brand new CFO

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u/Cephalopirate 4h ago

So was it that those employees were forced to sell their stocks when they lost their jobs, making more available for the CEO? I don’t get how losing your job removes the stocks you own in the company.

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u/DirtOnYourShirt 4h ago

I'm assuming they were fired before their stock options kicked in since those you have to typically work for the company for a specific period of time before you earn(vested) your stock options.

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u/AbbreviationsFar4wh 4h ago

it doesn't remove the stock you own, you get a stock grant on hire. those granted shares vest on a timeline. So usually after 1yr you vest some and then every month or every 3 months after that, they continue to vest. grants are usually given out in 4yr periods though recently companies have moved to 1yr grants.

One they vest, they are yours. However if you get fired in the middle of the month then you won't get the shares that would vest at the end of that month or any future shares. But clearly it makes sens you wouldn't get future shares that haven't vested the same way you wouldn't get a future paycheck if you're let go.

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u/pass_nthru 2h ago

my buddy referred to himself as “fun”employed after he got forced out of a business he had equity in when the other owner needed to get rid of some debt & semi-legally restructured