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> If you go to work for a big established company, they won't give you part of it. On the contrary! Just yesterday I got an email from an Amazon recruiter that

> If you go to work for a big established company, they won't give you part of it. On the contrary! Just yesterday I got an email from an Amazon recruiter that says: > We also offer: > - Stock Package, free shares given to you (no purchasing required) It seems like it's pretty normal for people to get equity from big companies. Not even just tech companies: people I know working at Nike get stock every year too. Also I question this: > The fifth employee will get much more than the hundredth. Maybe, but the thousandth will get "more" than the hundredth if you measure it in dollars times probability-of-cashing-it-out. VCs talk about how the size of the pie matters more than the percentage of your share, and I think that applies here too.

gberger 9y ago
> It seems like it's pretty normal for people to get equity from big companies. Right, but equity at big, established companies generally isn't worth potentially $1M+. From what I've seen, it's around $20-50k/year and a calculated part of the compensation package.
- bradlys 9y ago
  Wow. For a new grad, yes. For those later on it can be more than half your income. A $300k package from companies here can be 180/120 salary/stock split. $300k is not uncommon at all at big co. Some company will cap salary and then all future gains are in stock+bonus.
- paxys 9y ago
  Disagree with that. In recent years you are way more likely to make $1M from stock grants from companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon than even the top startups.
- david38 9y ago
  Not true, it's often easily worth $150k/year, on top of your $120-180k salary.
RestlessMind 9y ago
Where would one* have higher expected value for the equity grant - at BigCo's like GAFAM or at Unicorns like Uber/Lyft/AirBnB/Pinterest/Slack/... or an even earlier stage startup? * would these values be different for a new grad vs a senior engineer?

gberger 9y ago

> It seems like it's pretty normal for people to get equity from big companies. Right, but equity at big, established companies generally isn't worth potentially $1M+. From what I've seen, it's around $20-50k/year and a calculated part of the compensation package.

bradlys 9y ago
Wow. For a new grad, yes. For those later on it can be more than half your income. A $300k package from companies here can be 180/120 salary/stock split. $300k is not uncommon at all at big co. Some company will cap salary and then all future gains are in stock+bonus.
paxys 9y ago
Disagree with that. In recent years you are way more likely to make $1M from stock grants from companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon than even the top startups.
david38 9y ago
Not true, it's often easily worth $150k/year, on top of your $120-180k salary.

RestlessMind 9y ago

Where would one* have higher expected value for the equity grant - at BigCo's like GAFAM or at Unicorns like Uber/Lyft/AirBnB/Pinterest/Slack/... or an even earlier stage startup? * would these values be different for a new grad vs a senior engineer?