I worked for 6 years for a company. One morning, they announced the company had been bought out, and 50% of the staff was immediately terminated in that same meeting. All remote employees including myself were immediately gone. The executives' shares and options were worth millions. The options the regular employees had were underwater, absolutely worthless. The news had a field day, announcing how a Vancouver company had been sold for millions. There were press releases and celebration. No one talked about -- or knew? -- that 25 employees had been terminated. It certainly wasn't in the press release We fucked over 50% of our employees to get here, but hey, we made millions! Six years of extreme hard work at a startup, and I had a t-shirt and a mug to show. Hadn't thought about it in a while. Guess I'm still bitter. #Startup