According to Company Policy

As you can imagine by now our hero did not receive any written offer for nearly a week. The stock options made the compensation package very attractive. The only risk was the stock price, but our hero estimated that there will not be any significant fall in the price for the next couple of years. After a week the HR director sent a written offer by e-mail. However things were not exactly as discussed. The part concerning Stock Options, one of the most basic elements of the compensation, was a bit grey. It said clearly that our hero was entitled to stock options, but a strange phrase was also included: “according to company policy” Our hero did not even try to call the HR director. He went to his office in order to meet him in person.