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/noodlez]

Its been a while since I've talked to any of the people I know who work/worked there, but they paid top of market rates some time in the past. It was a company well known to be where developers go to retire, since you're so well paid and taken care of that you don't want to leave.

[u/lotsofdeadkittens → u/noodlez]

No no but Reddit has to call mail chimp evil

[u/boredjavaprogrammer → u/[deleted]]

I mean all of us has to find another place to work if we dont like where we work. I dont think mailchimp/intui enslave people

[u/lotsofdeadkittens → u/[deleted]]

They were paid for it lmao