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Has anybody been with a company when they went public? In your experience, what
Vincent's Picks
6/9/21 11:49am
I wasn’t part of the co but family was - they gave stock to employees. Can’t
homegrown
6/9/21 11:51am
Yes. If you don’t already have stock, it’s unlikely they will just hand some out
TarCoug
6/9/21 11:52am
I was.
zsmooth
6/9/21 11:53am
I work for a Pre-IPO company and get more stock options every month. The shares
dYrtbYkerYder
6/9/21 11:55am
That's where I'm at. I have plenty...but rumor is an IPO in the next 12 months.
Vincent's Picks
6/9/21 11:58am
I’m guessing you are either at MX or BambooHr 😉
TarCoug
6/9/21 12:05pm
I take it back. You aren’t in Utah.
TarCoug
6/9/21 12:06pm
I have a friend who did. Sucked for him.
Eddie
6/9/21 12:10pm
That's messed up.
ballen
6/9/21 12:12pm
Hopefully he lawyered up. That’s actually a pretty easy lawsuit, and the company surely would have settled.
zsmooth
6/9/21 12:17pm
As far as I know, he didn't. It was probably 10-15 years ago.
Eddie
6/9/21 12:21pm
Too bad. That sucks for him.
zsmooth
6/9/21 12:34pm
I'm curious what the basis of the legal claim would be
CommodoreCoug
6/9/21 12:23pm
That they let him go then immediately rehired him shouldn’t reset his clock. From the employment litigation I’m familiar
zsmooth
6/9/21 12:34pm
But if the argument is that they fired and re-hired this guy
CommodoreCoug
6/9/21 12:41pm
Doesn’t matter.
zsmooth
6/9/21 1:38pm
LOL. Solid rebuttal
CommodoreCoug
6/9/21 3:09pm
IANAL. I’ve just seen things like this happen before, and the employee always prevailed. I don’t know what the
zsmooth
6/9/21 5:01pm
Not a legal person, but wrongful termination? Don’t know if that’s a real thing
Powerbait DPM
6/9/21 2:59pm
Do you know what company he worked for? During the recession in 2008 my dad’s
Powerbait DPM
6/9/21 3:09pm
It was a somewhat local company.
Eddie
6/9/21 4:39pm
Have a son who's company's owner gave company to employees and walked away...
relic
6/9/21 12:13pm
Just happened at my company. Got nothing. Nothing feels different.
thewaterboy
6/9/21 12:25pm
Yes, just 1 month ago. All of my VSOP options that hadn't vested yet did and we
IPA
6/9/21 12:25pm
My company went public last year.
Kolipoki
6/9/21 3:20pm
Not an IPO, but an acquisition. The venture capitalists sold us to a public
Megamind
6/9/21 9:44pm
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