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> If you have restricted stock units (RSUs), everything is pretty straightforward. You do not have to purchase RSUs. You just get them at no cost as they vest. Most private companies do something called double-trigger vesting. That just means you are also not taxed as they vest. Instead, you get taxed for your RSUs at some second trigger date, which is usually set to be the date of the future big liquidity event (at ordinary income). One big drawback with double-trigger RSUs is that you are not really able to sell them in tender offers or other pre-going-public liquidity events.

Doesn't exactly mention the important part, that you don't necessarily get anything, does it?