[steve86]

Employee’s lockup period may be as much as SIX months. Ride ‘em to zero!

[crosshairs]

Employee’s lockup period may be as much as SIX months. Ride ‘em to zero!

I'm sure the employees got a better price for it than was offered to the general public, however at this rate and having to hold the shares for a set amount of time, they'll probably still end up losing big.

[Sequoyah101]

Hold period for all and all shares? Short term gain and taxes vs. no gain?

I’ve had shares in a hold and fail company before. Some get rich, many / most don’t.

Most real success comes from work and not windfall.

“And people were surprised that the FaceBook Insiders were in a hurry to dump as many shares as they could, as fast as they could.

The average employee was worth $3 Million in shares - what would you do, Cash in your $3 Million or hold on and hope that FaceBook wasn’t another MySpace? I’d take the $3 Million so quickly your head would spin. Would I still work? Yup - and hope more stock options came my way. But, my financial worries would be few, and far between.”