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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by BMorearty on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:49AM (#32867789)
Were you able to exercise those options after the acquisition was announced? Did you finally get the payday you were hoping for?
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Re:Shopify lets staff decide cash-stock pay mix as shares dive by neon_electro on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:09PM (#32874156)
Yes - the contract I had agreed to allowed for some time to elapse after being let go and I would still be able to exercise the options.

I got a payday of $27k before taxes, $18k after taxes. In my opinion, I should've negotiated $10k additional salary if not more when I got the job; it would have been a far better payout without any 4 year requirement of loyalty (I was not appropriately rewarded for said loyalty).

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