Couple years ago I was considering joining a company. It wasn&#x27;t a normal hiring situation, so I had some leverage. My lawyer suggested that we could try negotiating a shorter vesting period or longer exercise period. The company didn&#x27;t go for the shorting vesting but the said ok for the longer exercise period.<p>Their employee stock plan was in ISO with the standards 3-month period, so their lawyers basically changed one line there, saying &quot;You may exercise this option for xx months after termination of your continuous service status&quot;. After the 3 months the option just changes to NSO.<p>That was it. It was such a simple thing that I don&#x27;t understand why companies don&#x27;t do this more often.