Broadcom exec says he was fired to dodge $5M in stock; RSU vesting fragility explained
mkheck · x · 2026-11-10
Eitan Cohen, 58, who spent 18 years at Broadcom running a 360-person chip development team in Bulgaria, says the company fired him in January to avoid paying out over $5M in stock. He seeks $1M in damages from a Tel Aviv labor court and alleges age discrimination; Broadcom denies it, citing business needs. The commentary explains the mechanism: unvested RSUs typically vanish at termination, giving companies an easy way to save money by cutting employees with the largest unvested stakes.
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