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Re:TWTR by trimbo on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:49PM (#6690945)
The term for this is "bagholder".

Congratulations to whomever was on the sell side of this today. Sucks to be an employee who is locked up for 180 days.

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Re:TWTR by nonchalance on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:51PM (#6690958)
It only sucks to be an employee if his shares or options are contingent on a market cap above the current price.
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Re:TWTR by trimbo on Thursday November 07, 2013 @12:52PM (#6690970)
I was a GRPN employee at IPO and I can confirm that even with your stipulation, it sucked.
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Re:TWTR by clarky07 on Thursday November 07, 2013 @01:11PM (#6691129)
GRPN and TWTR are not the same. I can assure you, that things worked out just fine for GOOG employees. GRPN was very clearly broken. TWTR is not. Whether it is worth this or not I don't know, but I wouldn't expect it to behave like GRPN.
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Re:TWTR by beagle3 on Friday November 08, 2013 @10:40AM (#6696678)
No, it sucks to be an employee because it is possible that a material part of your wealth is now in a casino, your tax liability just matured, but your ability to pay for it is riding a train with a potential to crash, and all you can do for the next 180 days is watch.
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