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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by shortrounddev2 on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:29AM (#37643460)
There's also lots of engineers who get paid in worthless stock. Companies which have no plan to ever IPO or who lose money every year. Taking a job at a startup based on potential future valuation and stock options is essentially gambling with hours of your own life
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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by logicalmonster on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:44AM (#37643708)
Or they can simply plan to let you go long before the options vest. Now, you may or may not have a legal case, but the difficulty in that is extreme.
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