In my first company, I didn't give equity agreements to my employees... IMO, it's one of the stupidest things I have ever done because we lost the trust with th

In my first company, I didn't give equity agreements to my employees... IMO, it's one of the stupidest things I have ever done because we lost the trust with the employees and ended up losing productivity. If the founders are educated, they will protect the best interest of the company using vesting clauses and legal firms. My guess is that the people are either inexperienced at running a company or they have something up their sleeves for having you sign an NDA without a vesting agreement.