Employees cannot wait, their shares expire without sale. These are being taxed.
Stripe can wait, that isn't the problem for them and is what they're doing. The board can also waive these fees, but that shifts liability from Stripe to each individual employee in question and that's the last thing they want, to piss off early employees.
Stripe can wait, that isn't the problem for them and is what they're doing. The board can also waive these fees, but that shifts liability from Stripe to each individual employee in question and that's the last thing they want, to piss off early employees.