I am no Amazon apologist, but it seems to me they tried to provide a dollar value to stock-based compensation and used a higher-than-today value. That doesn’t seem like malicious intent; it seems like a well-intentioned idea that was derailed by the mercurial stock market. Some sort of disclaimer that the “estimate is provided for demonstration purposes only and is not a promise of actual market value”. I have worked for several companies who provide the fair-market-value equivalent for stock compensation. But it is _stock compensation_.
But I really doubt that this was malicious. Of course it is easier AND morally satisfying to be angry at the mega-corp.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 47.7 ms ] threadBut I really doubt that this was malicious. Of course it is easier AND morally satisfying to be angry at the mega-corp.
If that's the case, it seems like it would be prudent for Amazon to just give what was originally quoted, unless it was way way off.
It wouldn't be malicious to force the company to honor their representation either.