I never took options in compensation packages as "ownership". I just see them as fancy mechanisms to give you the potential for more money without giving you mo

I never took options in compensation packages as "ownership". I just see them as fancy mechanisms to give you the potential for more money without giving you more money outright. In the case of startups, which are not yet public companies, even less so, as those shares can be dilluted, etc. In the case of public conpanies I see them much in the same way I see shares of conpanies I buy in the stock market. I have no meaningful ownership of the company in those cases, it is just where I park some money looking for a return in investment. A coop is actually a form of ownership, even if ironically you can't sell that ownership.