Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by orthecreedence on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:27PM (#19626885)

You're being downvoted, but I agree.

I worked at a BigCorp and it was one of the worst years of my life. The work/life balance was awful, and the pay was shit compared to the hours I put in and satisfaction I got out of the job. All other experiences I've had have been much more satisfying.

On top of this, people think BigCorp is a safe bet where a startup is not, but BigCorp lays people off in large swaths all the time because their stock price moves a millimeter in some random direction.

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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by halfnibble on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:19PM (#19627383)

Can someone tell me what letter "BigCorp" starts with? I'm scared because I'm looking at a job at a big corp., but I was under the impression that I could leave the office at 5pm.

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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by orthecreedence on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:33PM (#19627501)

I was at AOL.

My team was acquhired as a "startup within a larger company!!1" which ended up meaning: lower pay, longer hours, no equity, no actual autonomy.

But I was young and foolish and, caving to peer pressure, decided against my better judgement to take the gig. After my 1 year cliff (and successfully launching the Editions app that they soon after shitcanned) I got the fuck out.

EDIT: keep in mind, my hours were a product of my specific team, and the fact that I was commuting from Santa Cruz to Palo Alto. It would have likely been a regular 9-5 on other teams, and I'm pretty sure most of the other people there had regular hours.

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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by pickle-wizard on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:16PM (#19629299)

It all depends on the team you are on. When I worked at IBM I knew lots of people who were 8 to 4. My team was pretty much 60 hour weeks minimum. Though it was because of the asshole management I had.

I once got a dressing down from my director because I took a PTO day after working 20 days straight. I am so glad I don't work there anymore.

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Re:Startup Stock Options – Why a Good Deal Has Gone Bad by kingnothing on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:28PM (#19627465)

I've worked at Uber and Salesforce, and put in very normal hours at both. 8 hour days were standard for devs.

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