She mentioned in the talk that at the point where you are reviewing a contract, the company has already decided to hire you, so you are the one with the power a

She mentioned in the talk that at the point where you are reviewing a contract, the company has already decided to hire you, so you are the one with the power at this point and definitely have the ability to negotiate your contract. This was covered well in the recent LWN article about this talk (needs a subscription, will be public 2 weeks after publication): https://lwn.net/Articles/688451/ https://lwn.net/Articles/688451/