Have had this tested recently. I was at a startup that got acquired early by a company I didn't love. Salary, equity vesting + retention package package came to about a little less than $1M/year for 4 years. Took one year and decided it was enough to say "fuck you." So did most of the rest of the team. (Not sure exactly what their #s were.)
It was interesting -- if you'd asked me a couple years ago how I would've acted in that situation, I think I'd've told you that for that kind of money I'd be stupid not to stick out four years. But when it actually happened I barely even considered it.
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Have had this tested recently. I was at a startup that got acquired early by a company I didn't love. Salary, equity vesting + retention package package came to about a little less than $1M/year for 4 years. Took one year and decided it was enough to say "fuck you." So did most of the rest of the team. (Not sure exactly what their #s were.)
It was interesting -- if you'd asked me a couple years ago how I would've acted in that situation, I think I'd've told you that for that kind of money I'd be stupid not to stick out four years. But when it actually happened I barely even considered it.