> Your stock options will never be fully vested. You're still making money off of the vested portion of the options if you exercise them. You seem to be claim

> Your stock options will never be fully vested. You're still making money off of the vested portion of the options if you exercise them. You seem to be claiming you're forced to stay since you aren't 100% vested. This sounds more like golden handcuffs than crucifixion to your desk. Apparently your problem is Amazon stock keeps going up, so you're loathe to leave. Leaving my last job was easy since the stock options were underwater :-) glub glub. Your problem is one I would have liked to have.