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By the time a company is issuing RSUs instead of options, the cost to pay those taxes at time of grant is likely out of reach for all but the most already-well-
by nrmitchi 4y ago
By the time a company is issuing RSUs instead of options, the cost to pay those taxes at time of grant is likely out of reach for all but the most already-well-off employees.
- pjot 4y agoNot necessarily - I’ve worked for two startups now that issued RSUs to early employees first, and later switched to an option based package.
- nrmitchi 4y agoYour experiene may be different, but I've only even heard of this (RSUs before options) at the very early, pre-fundraising, stage. And this only works because the taxable value of these RSUs at grant is basically $0. I'm not sure if this approach would make sense after any sort of traction/fundraising.