If there was a startup in your field that had solid initial backing from a PE group, and the PE group would be forced to offer its ownership (both returns and voting power) for sale to employees via ESOP (and would face some specified and substantial penalty if it didn't) after 5-8 years of ownership, would you be more likely to join that company knowing full well the company would almost certainly be truly employee-owned and governed in ~6 years?
If there was a startup in your field that had solid initial backing from a PE group, and the PE group would be forced to offer its ownership (both returns and voting power) for sale to employees via ESOP (and would face some specified and substantial penalty if it didn't) after 5-8 years of ownership, would you be more likely to join that company knowing full well the company would almost certainly be truly employee-owned and governed in ~6 years?