Equity grants are usually signed by the board, although a lot of companies treat this as a meaningless formality and present it as though the document your mana

Equity grants are usually signed by the board, although a lot of companies treat this as a meaningless formality and present it as though the document your manager signs is the real one. If you take a look at equity grants you've gotten in offer letters in the past, I bet they have "effective on board approval" in there somewhere.