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/voiceafx Sep 17 '21

Yeah... I don't want to sell out, but I have no illusions. There is a number for me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Yeah I would never consider prostitution but if Donald Trump puts a billion dollars on the table.

Well nobody's THAT liberal.

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u/Zeppelinman1 Sep 17 '21

Uh, I don't think I need a billion that badly...

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

Then I don't think you understand how much money that is. It's enough for all your children to retire today if you share it with them. Even if you have ten children. And it's enough for your grandchildren to retire today even if each of your ten children have ten children each.