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Re:Questions candidates can ask about equity compensation by sokoloff on Saturday June 04, 2022 @04:17PM (#31624633)
> only to be told by the recruiter that the stock was about to split, so I'd actually get twice as much (this is absolute nonsense, to be clear, and a huge red flag).

It’s nonsense, but coming from a recruiter, it’s not a red flag to me. If I red flagged every recruiter who didn’t quite know how the world worked, I don’t how many I’d have left. If a founder or a CFO tells you that, it’s a red flag; if it’s a recruiter, they’re still wrong, but I don’t count it nearly as sharply against the company.

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Re:Questions candidates can ask about equity compensation by awillen on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:36AM (#31631355)
It's a big red flag to me, because understanding compensation is an important part of a recruiter's job. The recruiter either did not understand it, which is bad, because you've got someone doing important work (negotiating with potential hires) who doesn't understand a basic part of their job, or they did understand it and were purposely trying to mislead it. Either way, it doesn't reflect well on the company.
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