After reading this article, it seems like early players who have become big had the fortune of liquidity. What do you think about more recent startups in last 5yrs or so?
ESOPs have always been a lottery. Unless the startup makes it big and IPOs, it's almost useless. Even if it's a buyback proge, you will barely get anything unless you are one of the very first/senior most employees.
Companies are not mad to buy back esops, especially when their sole objective is to show as much as positive balance as possible.
With the one or two exceptions, all others make use of the good to hear stories to show more compensation with the help of esops.
Those good stories trigger me now 😡
Hello guys, I would want to know what is the benefit of getting ESOPs in an early stage startup? The startup has a great team and working on a promising product. I have been offered a package with somewhat lower fixed component and s...
The ESOP is a bit of a blind bet. It's paper money that can get you a windfall if all goes to plan and executio...
Would you rather sell at a devaluation and access liquidity or hope that next buy back allows you greater rewards?
Where did you work and how much money did you make?
Asking as it looks like a lot of promise of ESOPs and wealth creation has failed employees in this bloodbath slow growth, layoffs, and job changes.
I have had ESOPS in 2 companies #1 - company got acquired ..I got 45 Lacs IN ESOP ...thats 1.5X of my last annualize...
2022 has been the year of ESOP value destruction. Lets collect some real instances here. This silent but deadly phenomenon is hardly reported in mainstream media.
What is the probability of generating significant wealth (1-5Cr) by working at startups(Both US headquartered and India headquartered) in India? Is Generating wealth through ESOPS normal thing in India or very few lucky ones make such ...