> This made me livid. I don't hire engineers with the intention of firing them the day before they vest, why would it be ethical to wait until the day after your cliff to quit?
Ethical is continuous vesting with no cliff, or at most a month or two of cliff.
> A vesting cliff exists so that both parties -- employer and employee -- can have a chance to get to know each other before stock is granted and make sure that they're making the right decision.
It doesn't take a year to make that decision.
Do you really think that cliffs benefit employees or were you just hoping to slip that by?
Ethical is continuous vesting with no cliff, or at most a month or two of cliff.
> A vesting cliff exists so that both parties -- employer and employee -- can have a chance to get to know each other before stock is granted and make sure that they're making the right decision.
It doesn't take a year to make that decision.
Do you really think that cliffs benefit employees or were you just hoping to slip that by?