This is a great signal of which companies value their employees or not.
In my experience, all the good startups are transparent in helping employees evaluate equity offers. Ex. all YC companies I interviewed at were happy to share info on outstanding share count, valuations, and even preferred stock.
Meanwhile other lesser startups (often run by finance types) thought I was insane to even ask.
In my experience, all the good startups are transparent in helping employees evaluate equity offers. Ex. all YC companies I interviewed at were happy to share info on outstanding share count, valuations, and even preferred stock.
Meanwhile other lesser startups (often run by finance types) thought I was insane to even ask.
It's clear which group actually values engineers.