The company recently got $3M investment. I’m being offered $152k salary and 2% equity, vested over 4 years. Is this good?

My thinking is that 2% of $3M is about $60k, so I could treat that as an extra $15k per year. But if I look at the valuation based on that investment, it is probably worth 5x that, like an extra $75k per year. All in all it is over $200k compensation, which I’m grateful for, but it’s on par with a tech job at a big tech company. Are these reasonable assumptions, or am I missing something?

  • LiekLiterally@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Please please please: value your equity stake at ZERO when evaluating any job offer. It will be years until you have the ability to get some liquidity out of the options. And that is if the company survives, grows and gets a liquidity event (i.e., IPO/buyout).

    Go for it if 152K is OK with you. 2% grant is good, you must be one of the first 8 or so.