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Given that the buyback price is above market price, I don't see a problem with this. Palantir is compensating you for signing a noncompete/NDA. If you don't want to sign those things, you are free to sell on the private markets for less than what Palantir offers you.

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> you are free to sell on the private markets for less than what Palantir offers you

Perhaps you are more aware of the terms on those shares than the rest of us, but generally you aren't quite "free" to sell the shares on the private market.

Read the article more carefully: "Palantir did not impose restrictions on employees or stockholders selling shares in the private market."

I did miss that detail. Sorry.

Many former employees have done exactly this.

Many have, but the way the stock agreements are structured, it effectively gives them a pocket veto on stock sales, which impacts the value that an employee can get for them.

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