&gt; The tradeoff [...] could be equity (which could confer voting or board rights to you to monitor certain things about the company financial health)<p>If you have that, then you have significantly elevated access to the information you were talking about, and you&#x27;re already landing on the side of protecting the company. The issues you raised don&#x27;t really apply here.<p>&gt; [...] vacation time, conference attendance, foosball table access, etc.<p>If you value those on par with your salary, then I have a job for you! ;)<p>&gt; I don&#x27;t see any fundamental reason why these couldn&#x27;t be negotiated as part of an employment agreement.<p>You&#x27;re right, there is no reason. You can and should negotiate these things. Negotiate away!<p>Just recognize that you may have multiple conflicting interests within yourself. If you want access to confidential company information about others, you&#x27;re implicitly requesting that they have access to confidential information about you. Most of us wouldn&#x27;t mind knowing everyone else&#x27;s salary, and most of us don&#x27;t want others to know ours. Most of us would love access to the personnel reviews of our co-workers, and most of us would be mortified to let them read ours.