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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by tw600040 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:55PM (#30847556)
That would be fair if companies can also distribute losses if any and are able to get money back from employees
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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:24PM (#30849625)
Would it? As I understand it, most companies don't distribute losses to owners either. I believe that's the core of "limited liability" corporations. Except for capital losses for shareholders, but employees are already paid in RSUs too, so I think that's relatively moot.
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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by steveylang on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:38PM (#30848053)
Maybe so, but stockholders aren't responsible for company losses either.
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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by tw600040 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @05:19PM (#30848519)
They are. They lose their money / investment if companies go bankrupt or don't do well.
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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by sumedh on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:58PM (#30851109)
> They lose their money / investment if companies go bankrupt or don't do well.

The CEOs of such companies get multi million dollar packages for leaving.

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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by sfblah on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:02PM (#30849438)
Not in the past 5-10 years...
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Re:Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem (2007) by umeshunni on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:15AM (#30851436)
Huh? A gentle look at WSB will tell you a lot about stockholders who lost money.
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