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Fair point. I did make that assumption.

• JonFish85 11y ago
  Again though nobody forced them to exercise. It accelerates the timeline, but it's not forcing anyone into anything more than having to make a decision.
  • tptacek 11y ago
    Typically, when you leave a company that issued you incentive options, you are forced to execute within 90 days or forfeit the shares entirely.
• alttab 11y ago
  To your point though, and to press it further - if companies require that you exercise your options in a window after they vest or they expire - they were never really options to begin with. In essence, the vesting schedule on expiring options is a timeline for you forking over risk-filled cash or forfeit part of your "compensation." The advice seems to suggest if their options expire if you don't buy them at a certain point (except for leaving the company, which makes sense), say no and ask for cash. If they can't pay, now you know where you really stand.