Compare Your Company Stock to a Leveraged Index Fund

Say you work at a private company that gives you stock options or RSUs . How should you value your stock? If you have a choice between getting more stock or more cash salary, how do you decide which to get? If you have the chance to sell some stock, should you do it? Stock is risky and inflexible (especially if you work for a private company where you can’t easily sell shares), but you might be…