http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/12/cant_get_in_on.php All comments for Can’t get in on Alibaba.com’s IPO? Buy Yahoo instead en-us 2009 shang_kenneth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:13 +0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kenneth@shanghaiist.com kenneth@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/12/cant_get_in_on.php#comment-1218092 http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/12/cant_get_in_on.php#comment-1218092 Comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:25:08 +0800 <p>When I worked for Alibaba a few years back, I started three months after they ended giving new employees 10,000 shares right off the bat. Needless to say that policy shift meant anybody hired after that date had very little incentive to stick around.</p>