Stock options were a key tool in hiring practices at Facebook. The morale of those employees will be taking a nosedive along with the stock price. At the very l

Stock options were a key tool in hiring practices at Facebook. The morale of those employees will be taking a nosedive along with the stock price. At the very least this makes it harder for Facebook to hire new employees based on stock option grants because new hires will discount the value of the stock options until the price stabilizes.