Open guide to equity compensation

This seems mostly geared toward private companies that grant equity. As it’s part of the Galloway series that targets this audience that makes sense.

I do wonder how much of this applies to RSUs granted by public corps

Would they be referring to that here?

https://github.com/jlevy/og-equity-compensation/blob/master/...

> Topics **not yet covered**:

> - Equity compensation programs, such as [ESPPs](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/espp.asp) in public companies. (We’d like to [see this improve](#please-help) in the future.)

Basically none of it. RSUs at public companies are as good as cash that just happens to be pre-invested. The tax implications are very simple (they're just regular income like getting paid in cash), and so are your legal rights (you're not much different from anyone who bought a share on the stock exchange). You should risk-adjust their value like any investment, but there's are very few if any sneaky things that can happen to pull the rug entirely.