Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f...
by itsdrewmiller on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:09AM
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sounds like they allocated 500 million between RSUs and cash bonuses, which is about 400k per employee.
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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f...
by billyhoffman on Friday September 17, 2021 @04:06PM
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RSUs are *never* distributed equally. That’s not their point because they are entirely separate from the purchase of the acquired companies equity.
The point of RSUs is to retain talent that is deemed critical to making the acquisition successful. Your VP of finance isn’t getting any RSUs. The acquiring company probably doesn’t need her, and she possesses no critical knowledge that any other senior financial person doesn’t also possess.
Individual developers often get higher RSUs than managers. Why? More experience with the code and domain knowledge, especially if the engineering manager wasn’t an IC who grew into the role.