Employees get a reasonable fascimile of a market salary and the perks commonly afforded employees in your region/industry with probability equivalent to the sun

Employees get a reasonable fascimile of a market salary and the perks commonly afforded employees in your region/industry with probability equivalent to the sun rising in the morning, as of day one, for every payroll period until they're formally separated from the company. If this describes someone's situation, they're an employee. If not, they're probably a co-founder (or being horrifically exploited).