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Re:Snap Misses User-Growth Estimate as Facebook Copying Take... by rrdharan on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:47PM (#14984622)
Large portions of these grants are likely to be in the form of RSUs rather than options. I find the whole "underwater" narrative less compelling for this reason (RSUs are never under water).
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Re:Snap Misses User-Growth Estimate as Facebook Copying Take... by tedunangst on Friday August 11, 2017 @12:20AM (#14986556)
But presumably the employee had to pay a load of taxes on the RSU, no? I don't think SNAP is down so much yet, but you could end up with a very large loss, which is difficult to write off if you don't have other capital gains. Yes?
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