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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by michaelmior on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @08:08PM (#7268055)
I think it's quite rare that any individual employee (probably excluding founders) is responsible for a significant percentage of the value of a company.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by DerpDerpDerp on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @09:12PM (#7268341)
I mean, if you assume only 10% of that value is going to employees, then you need only half a percent (0.5%) of that to get a $800k bonus.

If you've only been there 2-3 years, that's a substantial bonus that pushes your pay above market rate.

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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by harryh on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @11:18PM (#7268844)
You dropped a zero.

16B * 10% * .5% = 8 Million

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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by DerpDerpDerp on Thursday February 20, 2014 @04:56PM (#7273927)
You are correct; I had actually meant 0.05%.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by mkhalil on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:06AM (#7268998)
And they only have 55 employees...
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by timfrietas on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @11:57PM (#7268974)
Only the first few engineers get that kind of equity nowadays.
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