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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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