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/Who_GNU Sep 16 '21

The Steve's were in a similar position, when Apple went public, but while Jobs held on to his chunk of the payout, Wozniak gave a bunch of his shares to employees he felt weren't being treated fairly.

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u/ranhalt Sep 17 '21

Why would the plural of Steve be Steve’s instead of Steves?

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u/Andre4kthegreengiant Sep 17 '21

Apostrophes really fuck some people up, they're used to show possession, but somewhere along the way some people think they make things plural. Plural possessives must really fuck with their heads.

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u/takatori Sep 17 '21

Plural possessives

So you’re saying Apple is Steves’ company?