The deal was x amount of shares for the risk of working for a startup. Renegging that to x/2 amount of shares in hindsight is evil. It's a construct in which

The deal was x amount of shares for the risk of working for a startup. Renegging that to x/2 amount of shares in hindsight is evil. It's a construct in which an early employee can only lose, if the startup fizzles, he gets nothing, if the startup booms he is screwed out of half of what he and his employer agreed on.