This has happened all 3 times so far that I've had ESPP shares purchased. Am I being unreasonable to say that this is ridiculous? Is it theoretically possible that I'm systematically being beaten to the punch by other sellers who are causing the price to drop before I can sell mine? I only participated in the plan to pocket the 10% discount as additional compensation and then roll the proceeds into my taxable account. Being down 8%, by the time I pay the outlandish broker's fee to sell and transfer, I'll have lost money even INCLUDING the discount.
I'm wondering if this ESPP program is worth it at all, or if I'm just becoming the sucker for someone else in terms of my employer's stock.

Edited to add: this is a widely traded Megacorp, not some tiny micro cap that should get pushed around so easily by a couple employees selling recent ESPP shares.