Do you really think the team that made, say, Google Talk, were the ones who wanted to kill it and push everyone to a different product? I don't know who made either one, but I would be shocked if the decision maker that pulled the plug had anything to do with the creation of the product. I, personally, don't like to kill my babies.
Clawing back bonuses for something out of the control of the engineers seems like a dystopian nightmare, and any company that tried it would, hopefully, die a fiery death after an exodus of talent to more reasonable employers.
Clawing back bonuses for something out of the control of the engineers seems like a dystopian nightmare, and any company that tried it would, hopefully, die a fiery death after an exodus of talent to more reasonable employers.