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Re:Buffer Layoffs by bduerst on Thursday June 16, 2016 @06:48PM (#11919511)
In take-home income right? They still have sizeable ownership of the company and vesting.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by jsprogrammer on Thursday June 16, 2016 @07:21PM (#11919696)
Yes, they are willing to forego significant salary because they will control most of the profits.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by arctor on Friday June 17, 2016 @03:22AM (#11921131)
You mean "hypothetical profits". There's a distinct possibility of there being no profits at all.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by hrayr on Friday June 17, 2016 @04:17AM (#11921249)
High risk, high reward.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by icedchai on Thursday June 16, 2016 @10:14PM (#11920285)
Profits? You must be joking.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by nedwin on Friday June 17, 2016 @08:00AM (#11922091)
They recently took around $3m off the table if I recall correctly.
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Re:Buffer Layoffs by nedwin on Friday June 17, 2016 @11:24AM (#11923173)
It was $2m in 2014
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