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In most cases, they do co-own the company, through stock and options grants. Particularly so for the early employees who are not replaceable. At Google's scal
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
In most cases, they do co-own the company, through stock and options grants. Particularly so for the early employees who are not replaceable.
At Google's scale, everyone is replaceable, including Jeff Dean, Sundar Pichai, and everyone else who you think is "instrumental."
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 4y agoI imagine the steelman version of the argument here is: yes, they do own part of the company, that portion of upside and control is so minuscule that it's almost insignificant. And thus we're back to needing unions to advocating on behalf of workers so that they get to own a bigger slice of the pie.