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Nobody would ever advise you to take a large percentage of your income and buy options or even stock in a single company in the hopes that that company succeeds
by drblast 9y ago
Nobody would ever advise you to take a large percentage of your income and buy options or even stock in a single company in the hopes that that company succeeds enough to make you rich. That's gambling.
Being an employee of the company in question doesn't suddenly make that a good idea. It's an even worse idea since your entire financial future is tied to the company's outcome.
They should pay you more to take that kind of risk.
- ben174 9y agoIt is indeed gambling. But it's an opportunity to buy a lottery ticket that has a much higher payout than one you could buy off the shelf. The odds may not be great, but if you happen to hit, the payoff can be very large.