Even if the company has a successful exit lots of times the founders have different stock class than employees which allows them to cook the books in creative ways where employee stocks are devalued without affecting founder stocks.
I personally went through a successful exit of a company where I was one of the early engineers and was privy to orchestrating the sale (working with potential buyers and consultants) and saw this happen.
I now am granted stocks which are traded on the NYSE so nobody can cook the books without commiting securities fraud.
I personally went through a successful exit of a company where I was one of the early engineers and was privy to orchestrating the sale (working with potential buyers and consultants) and saw this happen.
I now am granted stocks which are traded on the NYSE so nobody can cook the books without commiting securities fraud.