For publicly traded companies, many equity packages now include RSUs, or give you the option to choose between options and RSUs. Which are worth something so long as the stock has any value. Perhaps I am twisting the value of what equity package means.

Not for any big US tech company I've heard of! I think that is only for startups. FAANG (well, Netflix doesn't do equity comp normally), Microsoft, etc. it's all direct equity that vests over time.