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		postingawayonhn on Nov 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns Microsoft can easily afford to offer them $30M of options each if they continue to ship such important products. That's only $15B for 500 staff. Microsoft has a $2.75T market value and over $140B of cash.

JumpCrisscross on Nov 20, 2023 | [–]

> Microsoft can easily afford to offer them $30M of options each

But it doesn’t have to. And the politics suggest it very likely won’t.

mrits on Nov 20, 2023 | [–]

Microsoft isn't going to give the employees in HR equivalent offers. There are a lot of people in the company that wouldn't provide much value to the new team at MS.

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