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Re:Zynga to employees: Give back our stock or you'll be fired by enjo on Thursday November 10, 2011 @03:16PM (#3221659)
Zynga would be effectively firing them for being too expensive. That's probably the most common reason for any layoffs. It sucks, but I can't imagine they have a legal leg to stand on.
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Re:Zynga to employees: Give back our stock or you'll be fired by varjag on Thursday November 10, 2011 @05:36PM (#3222209)
Well it really looks more like extortion (the opportunistic timing combined with position of power) than a cost-cutting measure.
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Re:Zynga to employees: Give back our stock or you'll be fired by rhizome on Thursday November 10, 2011 @07:00PM (#3222591)
Isn't the logical result of this the ability for a company to decide and change, at any time, up until IPO, how much upside an employee will get?
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