Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by actuator on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:45PM
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Dropping the cliff period for new employees is pretty much useless. The equity/ESOPs new employees will be exercising will be of the last valuation price which would be already high, and after Covid-19, with the struggles of tourism industry as such the notional value would have fallen a lot. So if you exercise those significantly expensive options now, you would probably need to hold it for a long time and really believe that AirBnB can be where it was.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by lucasmullens on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:48PM
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From some other comments it sounds like they're RSUs, not options.
Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by actuator on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:50PM
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Why do you need to buy the RSUs then? Don't you already get them once they vest.
Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by hilbertseries on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:00PM
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I think there was a 1 year vesting cliff, so if you get laid off before a year you get your rsus prorated instead of getting nothing.