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Re:The liquidity what if? Our alternative to employee option... by Animats on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:32PM (#13127974)
Looks like you lose them. "It should reward current employees. This was about who was at the company at the time of a sale/IPO, not people who worked here years ago."
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Re:The liquidity what if? Our alternative to employee option... by dshuang on Thursday December 08, 2016 @03:21AM (#13129099)
This plan seems more similar to a profit sharing plan, but the profit in this case is 0 until a sale of the business occurs.
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