[edmundsauto]

That line of thought also means the employee should take every legal avenue to execute the letter of the contract. It might be legal but it’s a difficult situation - nobody wants to feel like they are in a contentious relationship with their employer.

[BaseballPhysics]

> That line of thought also means the employee should take every legal avenue to execute the letter of the contract.

Yes. They should.

Exercising a large number of options is rarely a cheap financial decision. It is absolutely necessary to go into it clear-eyed with a complete understanding of what you're getting into because in doing so you are locking up potentially significant capital.

And this isn't some weird edge case situation. This is something anyone exercising options in a private company needs to deal with.

[dragonwriter]

> nobody wants to feel like they are in a contentious relationship with their employer.

Being in a contentious relation with your employer is the normal state under capitalism (and it being an ex-employer doesn’t necessarily cure that); no one wants to feel mortal, either, but not wanting to feel something doesn’t make it less true.