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I've been amazed the typical equity for early employees has stayed as low as it has for as long as it has.
by waterlesscloud 14y ago
I've been amazed the typical equity for early employees has stayed as low as it has for as long as it has.
- seeingfurther 14y agoIt's going to change.
- doktrin 14y agoI would replace "early employees" with "early engineers". Not sure why, precisely, but it wouldn't surprise me if negotiating prowess played a role. Companies I've worked for in the past would never dole out more than 1% to engineers, but dropped anywhere from 2-5% on sales / biz-dev / managers. In one case, the engineers had actually been with the company for years and working at half-market wages prior to the non-technical hires.
- throwawayhooray 14y agoEngineers/designers are not as good at negotiating than people in sales/biz-dev.