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by ThrustVectoring 3075 days ago
Equity comp can align incentives on the rule-enforcement level. Like, without equity, your coworker slacking or otherwise harming the company doesn't really affect you. With an equity grant, you're more interested in making sure everyone is working well towards making the company better off.

To be honest though, it's a pretty weak effect with the amount of equity granted. The equity grant gives an outsized amount of narrativium for its dollar value.