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Most people don't know any better. I once gave notice to a startup employer before my vest date, where my last day would be after my vest date. My performance
by potatolicious 10y ago
Most people don't know any better.
I once gave notice to a startup employer before my vest date, where my last day would be after my vest date. My performance up until then had been (by their measure) exemplary, but they tried to move to terminate just before the vest date.
That was a phone call I won't soon forget, especially the part where they admitted over the phone that the termination was motivated by the vesting event.
Suffice it to say, I kept my original last day.
Many startups behave in sketchy ways on the premise that their employees are rubes who don't know any better. And in 95% of cases, they're right.
- Fej 10y agoWhat laws prohibit such a termination?
- potatolicious 10y agoNo explicit law - a termination in this instance would not be intrinsically illegal. But it opens up the company to legal liability - the combination of absolutely no records of performance problems, no change in needs of the company, as well as the very obvious motivation to avoid paying a contractual payout, makes this a gaping liability hole if someone wanted to bring suit to the company. For the record I never even hinted at suing the company, my impression is that this muscling-out move was done by the CTO and once HR caught wind of it they put the kibosh on it. As for why the CTO did it, I don't think I'll ever know - it may have to do with him trying (and failing) to leverage my immigration status (H-1B) to keep me at the company.