They can do better - they explicitly list in another part of the handbook what every employee receives (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;clef&#x2F;handbook&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;Employment%20Policies&#x2F;Salary%20and%20Equity%20Compensation.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;clef&#x2F;handbook&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;Employment%20Po...</a>):<p>&gt; Every employee will be offered 41,963 Clef stock options (~.9% of outstanding shares, including the option pool these are drawn from). As mentioned above, they can also choose to reduce their salary by $5k&#x2F;year in exchange for 4,663 more options (totalling ~1% of outstanding shares).<p>This is a genuinely impressive commitment to transparency.