There have been targeted FUD campaigns aimed exclusively at Twitter employees for weeks now, trending on social media and even traditional media. Threats of mas

There have been targeted FUD campaigns aimed exclusively at Twitter employees for weeks now, trending on social media and even traditional media. Threats of mass layoffs is one, but another I've seen is this idea that somehow employees will be cheated out of their equity. But this is simply not plausible. For all intents and purposes (except possibly minutiae debated in a courtroom or the IRS), any equity vested as cash immediately upon the acquisition being closed.