Great article. The point can be distilled down to information asymmetry - the company wants FROM YOU something that is relatively straightforward and clear (yo

Great article. The point can be distilled down to information asymmetry - the company wants FROM YOU something that is relatively straightforward and clear (your time) and wants to give TO YOU something that is complex and hard to understand (a complicated financial instrument that may or may not turn out to have value in the future). As a general rule, you should stay away from such deals. The likelihood is that the company knows more about the instrument than you do, and is using that information to underpay you.