The equity grant part is nice, but it's also tricky. For RSUs, it's a tax liability for an illiquid asset at a time when you have less/no income. For options, it gives you the option to hand money over to the company, making layoffs a fundraising round. And this is in a company that's struggling and you're not inclined to believe in right now.
> For RSUs, it's a tax liability for an illiquid asset at a time when you have less/no income.
There is no tax liability if the RSUs are double-trigger. In such cases the tax liability isn't incurred until IPO (first trigger) and time delay (second trigger).
