They're not worthless in the sense that employees put value on them and take less salary as a result. Or in other words, they could get a higher salary (+guaran

They're not worthless in the sense that employees put value on them and take less salary as a result. Or in other words, they could get a higher salary (+guaranteed RSU) from a larger company but chose not to. So from an employee point of view not having them counted is disingenuous.