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I am in IT line. Many years ago young startup also promise you stocks but lower salary to seduce you. I am not interested I only want cold hard cash. Now 20+ years later same proposition I same answer show me the monies even if the stocks is from say Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia.

"RSUs clawed back because they went to work for a competitor."
It is not uncommon but 
one should think properly about shares offer from company that is not easily trade or if market is known already over valued significantly.