Comment by jm4
2 years ago
I don't think so. These people are at a company that may not exist anymore next week. It's right around the holidays. It's a horrible time to have uncertainty about employment. I would assume most of them would find it reassuring that there's an opportunity for a seamless transition. Just because there's an open offer doesn't mean they have to go.
And having a solid open offer from Microsoft makes it much easier and less stressful to quickly get a great offer from somewhere else.
Or they can go and simultaneously bid themselves or whole teams to Google and Facebook. The option cost is zero to do this.