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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by gaius on Saturday July 22, 2017 @05:12AM (#14826164)
a small number of people with a lot of skin in the game making important decisions

The problem is exposure. Those people will capture all of the upside if they get it right, and their subordinates will take the downside when they don't.

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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by chillydawg on Saturday July 22, 2017 @05:50AM (#14826281)
Well, no: share price.
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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by gaius on Saturday July 22, 2017 @05:59AM (#14826315)
Not many at the ordinary-worker level have a meaningful equity participation or bonuses. 10% of your salary at most at most companies if an impossible set of conditions are met, or laid off when the company needs to save some money, versus executives who will pocket millions whatever happens.
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Re:Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies by morgante on Saturday July 22, 2017 @02:38PM (#14828630)
Most big tech companies give a substantial portion of compensation (up to 50%) in the form of RSUs, even for "ordinary" engineers.
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