Options are a risk. Your given the price the day they are granted. The only way they are worth anything is if the stock price goes up. My opinion is that options are only a good choice if you work for a new company or somewhere with expected huge future upside. A very large, relatively stable company is not somewhere you would expect to make much from options. You're gambling on the stock market.
RSUs are real money. No matter what the grant price is, you will have some cash net when you exercise RSUs. If it is a gain from the grant price, you'll pay capital gains taxes. If it is a loss, that also impacts capital gains taxes. Unless there is no company left, the RSUs are real. For a larger company, this is what I choose.
