Take the money, equity is just a pipe dream unless you are a founder or very early employee. This is pretty standard situation though. you basically need to te

Take the money, equity is just a pipe dream unless you are a founder or very early employee. This is pretty standard situation though. you basically need to tell them you have offers, but you'd love to stay if they can match. If they can match, they match. If not, you move along. I'd be interested to hear what in demand skill you have to be getting $200K off the street offers.