>“ many of these folks won’t be able to sell the shares they earned. i don't see any problem here. Just do a short sell. Not being an employee anymore makes yo

>“ many of these folks won’t be able to sell the shares they earned. i don't see any problem here. Just do a short sell. Not being an employee anymore makes you not a subject to the short-selling prohibition for employees, doesn't it? When you get access to your long shares you can close your short simultaneously with selling the same amount of the long.