It's 2016 though - before IPO, Facebook, like many other startups, could afford to pay employees less salary with the options. On that same note, the author sh

It's 2016 though - before IPO, Facebook, like many other startups, could afford to pay employees less salary with the options. On that same note, the author should count his blessings. He received options. He was able to sell those options (a move many of us are criticizing) to buy a luxury car. Most people don't, or leave before they vest years later.