[vmception]

It’s usually in the contract to accelerate them in times like this, meaning the employees get all the shares or the cash equivalent, saving them up to four year of their lives.

Buy anything could happen. Cleanest to accelerate.

[booblik]

The point of RSUs is to tie the employee to the company. Converting them to cash on the spot is about the dumbest thing they could do. Might as well wave most of them goodbye.

[vmception]

Its the point of options grants as well, its common to have change of control clauses that cause acceleration.

[booblik]

Absolutely, in early stage startup, not common in public companies.