You’re probably looking at an attorney and associated fees if you feel you want to try to pursue anything here. I’m not a lawyer but here’s my opinion based on

You’re probably looking at an attorney and associated fees if you feel you want to try to pursue anything here. I’m not a lawyer but here’s my opinion based on what you’re saying: For your first question, it sounds like you made a mistake by starting without having an equity grant to sign. It seems like you’ve done this before, so you probably already knew that most equity grants (in my experience) are made out in writing in conjunction with your employment contract. It sounds like you signed and accepted an employment contract with no equity grant and were given an equity grant at a later date. I don’t think it’s normal to wait 6 months for an equity contract, from what I’ve seen. For question two, I agree that generally the details of the grant are normally not in an offer letter but you’ll get some high level items. The details are generally in the grant paperwork. Lastly, if you feel like the company did you wrong, why not tell them that you feel like it was wrong and what they could do to fix the situation? If you’re not comfortable with that or have already tried it, maybe it’s time to move on. Personally it does sound somewhat underhanded to me, and I would likely be looking for a new role. It’s a hot job market right now and there’s no shame in moving on quickly from a role that’s not a good fit.