[shawabawa3]

Hypothetical scenario:

You join and are granted 400000 options at $10 strike and stock is worth $10

2 years in and the stock price is now $110

You think the company is terribly run and the stock with crash at this point. However if you quit, you lose the 200000 unvested options worth $2M on paper

Even if the stock crashes to $20 they are worth $200k

Hard to find a better paying job in that situation until the options are fully vested