This is a fantastic article. Sam is dead-on that the current situation isn't fair and often offers employees little to no information about how the options wor

This is a fantastic article. Sam is dead-on that the current situation isn't fair and often offers employees little to no information about how the options work. The 90 days to exercise thing is a real bummer -- for lots of reasons. As Sam says, not every employee is in a position to relinquish that kind of money for the options and taxes. I would say that if you are looking to go someplace else, depending on the size of the company and the situation, it's not out-of-line to try to value the options you won't get to exercise (or even the exercise price) into your new salary. Most companies aren't going to be willing to give you what you need to vest-out upfront, but it is a good way to negotiate either a one-time bonus or higher salary.