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What a rip off. I'll not work for Facebook for only $2.5M. :-)

• electromagnetic 16y ago
  My problem if a company paid me $3.5 million not to leave for its competition would be that I'd quit the day the money was in my bank account anyway. I wouldn't go work for the competition, but I'd be starting my own company. I could do a hell of a lot with $3.5M, and probably make more than I ever would being an engineer for Google.
  • vibhavs 16y ago
    I don't think the money just shows up in your bank account one day. From the TC article: "this means Google is handing over stock worth $3.5 million based on its value today, and that stock will vest over time."
    • blantonl 16y ago
      There is no public market for Facebook stock today, so "value today" is meaningless. Frankly, they gave him a big package of "it really really really could be."
      • Timothee 16y ago
        That person works for Google and got Google stocks, not Facebook.
  • donaldc 16y ago
    The $3.5 million is in restricted stock that presumably vests over four years. If you left the day after accepting the counter-offer, you'd get nothing.
    • CamperBob 16y ago
      Unless I factored it.