Job offer, unknown company metrics

Currently senior IC (level 6) at FAANG, offered to join startup as director (lvl 6/7) with no immediate direct reports. Startup has been cagey with company performance metrics, including revenue, EBITDA/profit, etc. I’ve asked twice with no dice. Two of their clients are also minority investors (is this common?)

Given title bump, would be 20-30k more in base but sacrificing my RSUs (valued at ~$140k/year)

If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

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Red flags. Decline offer.

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Offer to sign an NDA to review their pitch deck and latest financials. If they refuse then it’s a pretty clear sign to walk away.

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Many startups dont have profit or EBITDA. Most startups are unprofitable. Many startups don't want non-executives seeing the books. Many startups, particularly SaaS have customer-investors.

I dont find most of what you say concerning. Source: am a startup lawyer, have worked at two late-stage startups.

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That's fair.

Decline. 🚩

Decline. Not the time to join a startup that isn’t transparent on key metrics.

To me, it sounds like they’re looking to hire you so you can be whatever it is they think they need. Like a trophy employee with all the insider knowledge. They’re going to have you running the show

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