I've never understood the risk trade-off for early stage employees (Employees ~4 through ~10-20). At this stage equity packages are often <0.5% over 4 years. F

I've never understood the risk trade-off for early stage employees (Employees ~4 through ~10-20). At this stage equity packages are often <0.5% over 4 years. Founders on the other hand may have more like 30% equity at this stage. But the odds of success are still quite low - <3% is generous. In venture funded companies I think it's wrong to say that at <10 employees, founders are 60x more responsible for company outcomes (or taking on 60x more risk), even accounting for what they did to start the company. That being said - I get working hard if you're appropriately rewarded for it. Just less so if it's primarily on behalf of someone else.