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Evan Mills
Coverage of Evan Mills in the Nexus archive.
- Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is boosting employee pay to compete with SpaceX—but an advisor warns of ‘golden handcuffs’
Blue Origin is offering a new equity plan with a non-compete clause to retain employees amid competition with SpaceX, which recently made many of its workers millionaires through an IPO. The plan includes forfeiting stock options if employees join a competitor within 18 months, a strategy a financial advisor warns could trap workers with 'golden handcuffs'.