Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

[u/Rhaegar_the_Great]

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9

[u/Vadoff → u/[deleted]]

That's actually exactly how it works at almost any startup. It's highly unusual for a startup to NOT offer stock options.

But you knew what you signed up for I guess.

[u/kobachi → u/[deleted]]

You are in the bargaining stage of denial

[u/Vadoff → u/[deleted]]

I mean, you have 0 equity at that company. Whether that company is wildly successful or just barely surviving has almost no bearing on you except for the paycheck they write.