How about late stage startups that have plans to go public(my situation) ? In this environment, we are still small enough to where you can make a name for yours

How about late stage startups that have plans to go public(my situation) ? In this environment, we are still small enough to where you can make a name for yourself and stable enough where pay and benefits are good. There is a mix of people: family, married no kids, single. When we hit the exit, people who come in the last couple of years will get something, but nothing like the early employee's.