Depends on when you join. If you just started early with the founder and have company shares, it is worth. If the company has been established for a few years already, they will low ball you and won't even give and company shares, completely not worth it. I Kena from two different startups and offering a 20% and 10% paycut respectively, telling me I will learn more in the long run and whatnot (similar to the previous post about the difference between GLCs, MNCs and Startups). But the toxic HR culture in Singapore is that firms will ask for last drawn salary, and if kena this shitty low pay, then jumping over to another company with a significant pay bump is challenging.