Do these employees have a right to apologies from NPM and help finding a new job? No. Should these employees expect to be treated better by a company that clai

Do these employees have a right to apologies from NPM and help finding a new job? No. Should these employees expect to be treated better by a company that claims that "Compassion is our strategy"? Yes, absolutely. Focusing on specifics of what they are asking for is the wrong approach here, it's a simple question: was this handled with "compassion"? I think between lack of acknowledgement from management, lack of understanding that vesting options can be an important part of compensation now being denied to employees, lack of help finding a job in the extensive social networks of the founding team, and laying off so soon after hiring some, all contributes to this.