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Re:If you have startup stock options, check your option plan by nadeemk on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @01:39PM (#9146333)
It's not only reasonable but very crucial for you to ask the total number of outstanding shares. I have made it a point to ask every company this question and have gotten an answer out of them. Also, and this is me, I don't trust a word recruiters say. Not a single word. Ask to talk to the VP (or if possible CEO directly) if the recruiter is being cagey about it.
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Re:If you have startup stock options, check your option plan by mahyarm on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @02:51PM (#9146867)
Usually recruiters are told not to tell people the number. And usually they don't know themselves. So it's probably coming from the top.
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