Isn't the fundamental problem here that companies just don't provide the information to prospective employees that would be required to fully understand the val

Isn't the fundamental problem here that companies just don't provide the information to prospective employees that would be required to fully understand the value of the equity component of their offer? Sure they try to turn it around and say that the employees aren't "asking the right questions". In reality, companies don't want to give that info out because it's to their advantage not to since w/o it you will almost certainly over value their offer unless you subscribe to the it's probably worth zero mantra.