How about fire the employee & distribute the unvested options among the rest of the team. Thank everyone for doing such a good job collectively. Shows you don

How about fire the employee & distribute the unvested options among the rest of the team. Thank everyone for doing such a good job collectively. Shows you don’t have any patience with seriously poor performance despite feedback. You are going to be nobody’s fool But also shows your motive wasn’t to claw back anything, and you will be generous with workers who perform their jobs professionally. Also shows some creative adaptive leadership problem solving. Anyway, that is one thought