You don&#x27;t need your prospective new employer to adopt the second policy. You can simply demand it of them when they tell you what your grant will be. I think the best way to handle these kinds of questions is to bring them back to dollars; never haggle over percentages, but instead get a &quot;low&quot;, &quot;medium&quot;, and &quot;high&quot; scenario for what the equity will be worth when the company is sold, then ask what the company&#x27;s revenue is in each of those scenarios.