> What? Where do you get that? Then I better return all the equity I got. Startups normally use options for equity compensation rather than direct shares becau

> What? Where do you get that? Then I better return all the equity I got. Startups normally use options for equity compensation rather than direct shares because of the tax benefits for employees and simplicity for reporting. Options are look at more like regular shares in the EU. Can't was a bad way of phrasing it. More like shouldn't because tax laws make it a crap shoot. > I would say that is hyperbolic, unless you find anything but at-will employment "extremely hard"... Anything but at-will is extremely hard with knowledge work, especially for small companies.