I work at a public company, about half of my TC is stocks. I get them “for free”, and I can immediately sell them for real money (which I do and buy index funds).
AIUI, startups “compensate” you in paper stock that you can’t sell, and even worse, they actually make you pay them for it! This seems like a completely terrible deal.
AIUI, startups “compensate” you in paper stock that you can’t sell, and even worse, they actually make you pay them for it! This seems like a completely terrible deal.