A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees

Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by acconrad on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:46PM (#12857977)

I've seen plenty of employees in the 20-25 range get 0.05% equity. Are they delivering less than 1% of the total value of the company? I would say not.

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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by user5994461 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:51PM (#12858025)

Well... why give more if they accept that?

[definitely what the employers are thinking]

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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by acconrad on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:53PM (#12858048)

Because it's institutional - the way it's always been. That percentage point made sense in the first dotcom boom when it required a lot of effort and capital to get a startup going. Inertia is an incredible thing, it's hard to change habits when the status quo is easier to adopt.

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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by ryandrake on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @03:03PM (#12858183)

Maybe it's the best they can find. It's not like tech jobs are growing on trees.

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Re:A Good Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees by kobeya on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:15PM (#12859360)

Actually yes, they are probably delivering less than 1℅, according to a power law distribution.

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