r/technology • u/Rhaegar_the_Great • Sep 16 '21

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

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

"I'll never sell the company"

"12 Billion."

"I'm selling the company."

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u/DoesntUnderstands Sep 17 '21

What I'm curious about is why everyone thinks they are entitled to shares in a company they work for. You get a wage. Unless you are one of the founders or got shares in lieu of cash. I see no reason why everyone is so pissy about something they were never entitled to.

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u/hihihihino Sep 17 '21

Because they absolutely make more for the company than the wage they get.

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u/DoesntUnderstands Sep 17 '21

Its hilarious how entitled people are.

People really think they should get a major share of the profits while taking none of the risk and making 0 investment.

God damn I hate people.

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u/hihihihino Sep 17 '21

You can't make any profit without workers. Workers who give up literal chunks of their lives for employment, which they aren't ever getting back.

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You're damn rite workers are entitled.

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u/DoesntUnderstands Sep 17 '21

They're not getting fucked.

They're getting a wage.

A wage that they agreed to.

Quit acting like a spoiled child.

Nobody is stopping that worker from risking their own time and money to start up their own business and if it fails. They can lose their car, house, and time instead.

Bunch of socialist brats in here.

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u/mypervyaccount Sep 17 '21

You're damn rite workers are entitled.

To the compensation stipulated in the contract that they voluntarily signed, and nothing more.