[buzzthro]

Not necessarily. The FAANG stock prices are low right now due the overall market slump (except may be FB or NFLX). They will highly likely bounce back along with the rest of the market in a while. So getting a fat count of RSUs from a FAANG company at a bargain price (usually based on price on/around starting date) may likely have a huge payoff in a few years.

[laluser]

I agree, but you are still betting on a lottery ticket here. Likely, a lot of companies might not recover and just slowly grow (Netflix?) and not make too much movement.

[freyr]

Netflix pays cash so engineer comp is fairly insulated from market fluctuations. In the past few years, that may have seemed like a negative, but right now it’s a blessing.