If you want your company to be a special snowflake, don't get greedy, don't sell a bunch of stock to outside investors and don't go public. The CEO betrayed his entire vision when he did that, you can't siphon off profits to give to other stakeholders (such as for egregious employee benefits) when you don't own and control the business.
And for all the good those excess benefits did in attracting top talent, why is Etsy's software so crappy?
And for all the good those excess benefits did in attracting top talent, why is Etsy's software so crappy?