>At Ashby, your compensation is market-rate indexed to your level of performance.
FYI, "market rate" refers to the highest compensation that someone would be willing to offer a person with that profile. When you sell something, you sell it to the highest bidder. You don't sell it to the median buy offer.
>We target your total compensation (salary + equity-to-be-vested) to be greater than the 75th percentile
So, below market rate?
The market rate is the expected compensation in a certain market, usually based on location, and it's a range rather than a single value. If it was the highest compensation, everyone except a single employer would pay below market rate. What you're referring to is "top of market".