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Startup employee offer letters, compared clause by clause
A provision-by-provision comparison of widely used startup employee offer letters, compiled from each form’s own clauses. Provisions a statute requires are marked MUST (with the statute cited); situational provisions only some forms include are marked OPTIONAL; every other provision is standard and shown without a label. Hover a ✓ to see the form’s exact wording and where it appears.
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| Provision | Cooley GO (CA exempt) Cooley GO terms (as-is, all rights reserved) as of 2026-06-27 32/39 | Orrick (US) Orrick Start-Up Forms terms as of 2026-06-27 30/39 | OpenAgreements CC BY 4.0 as of 2026-06-30 27/39 |
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| Role, reporting & schedule | |||
| Position / title statedStates the specific role or job title being offered. | ✓“(the “Company”) is pleased to offer you the position of [position], on the following terms.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Position, Duties, and Reporting | ✓“You will start in a [full-time / part-time] position as [TITLE] and you will initially report to the Company’s [DIRECT REPORT]. [As a part-time employee, you will work a reduced work schedule approximating [PERCENTAGE]% of a full-time schedule.][3] OR [As a part-time employee, you will work approximately [HOURS IN WORDS] ([HOURS]) hours a week, although your actual hours worked may change from time to time based on the then current needs of the Company.][4] 2.”Orrick (US) — Section 1 · Position | ✓“If Employee accepts this offer, Employee will join Company in the position listed in Cover Terms and will report to the manager or function listed in Cover Terms, with duties and responsibilities that are reasonably aligned to the role and business needs.”OpenAgreements — Position, Scope, and Reporting |
| Reporting relationship statedIdentifies the manager, role, or function the employee will report to. | ✓“You will be responsible for [duties] and will report to [manager].”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Position, Duties, and Reporting | ✓“You will start in a [full-time / part-time] position as [TITLE] and you will initially report to the Company’s [DIRECT REPORT]. [As a part-time employee, you will work a reduced work schedule approximating [PERCENTAGE]% of a full-time schedule.][3] OR [As a part-time employee, you will work approximately [HOURS IN WORDS] ([HOURS]) hours a week, although your actual hours worked may change from time to time based on the then current needs of the Company.][4] 2.”Orrick (US) — Section 1 · Position | ✓“If Employee accepts this offer, Employee will join Company in the position listed in Cover Terms and will report to the manager or function listed in Cover Terms, with duties and responsibilities that are reasonably aligned to the role and business needs.”OpenAgreements — Position, Scope, and Reporting |
| Full-time / part-time basis statedStates whether the position is full-time or part-time (the employment basis). | ✓“As a full-time exempt salaried employee, you will be expected to work the Company’s normal business hours as well as additional hours as required by the nature of your work assignments, and you will not be eligible for overtime compensation.] [If part-time: It is anticipated that you will be able to perform your duties within a time commitment averaging about [\\\\\\% of that of a full-time professional employee/OR/\\\ full-time days per week], although your job duties may require that you work additional hours.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Hours and Exempt Classification | ✓“You will start in a [full-time / part-time] position as [TITLE] and you will initially report to the Company’s [DIRECT REPORT]. [As a part-time employee, you will work a reduced work schedule approximating [PERCENTAGE]% of a full-time schedule.][3] OR [As a part-time employee, you will work approximately [HOURS IN WORDS] ([HOURS]) hours a week, although your actual hours worked may change from time to time based on the then current needs of the Company.][4] 2.”Orrick (US) — Section 1 · Position | ✓“Employee will be employed on the employment basis listed in Cover Terms.”OpenAgreements — Employment Type and Work Schedule |
| Company may change duties / termsReserves the company's discretion to change the employee's position, duties, or other terms from time to time. | ✓“Of course, the Company may change your position, duties, and work location from time to time in its discretion.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Position, Duties, and Reporting | ✓“Although your job duties, title, compensation and benefits, as well as the Company’s personnel policies and procedures, may change from time to time, the “at will” nature of your employment may only be changed in an express written agreement signed by you and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.][10] 7.”Orrick (US) — Section 6 · At-Will Employment Relationship | · |
| Compensation & payroll | |||
| Base salary / hourly rate statedStates the base salary or hourly compensation rate. | ✓“Your base salary will be paid at the rate of $[annual salary] per year, less payroll deductions and withholdings, paid on the Company’s normal payroll schedule.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Base Compensation | ✓“Base Compensation. [You will be paid a starting salary at the rate of $[SALARY] per year, which will be paid in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule.][5] OR [The Company will pay you a starting hourly rate of $[RATE], payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule.”Orrick (US) — Section 2 · Base Compensation | ✓“Company will pay the base salary or hourly compensation listed in Cover Terms in accordance with Company payroll practices and applicable law, subject to required withholdings, deductions, and payroll tax obligations.”OpenAgreements — Base Compensation and Payroll |
| Paid on regular payroll scheduleStates that compensation is paid in accordance with the company's standard/regular payroll schedule. | ✓“Your base salary will be paid at the rate of $[annual salary] per year, less payroll deductions and withholdings, paid on the Company’s normal payroll schedule.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Base Compensation | ✓“Base Compensation. [You will be paid a starting salary at the rate of $[SALARY] per year, which will be paid in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule.][5] OR [The Company will pay you a starting hourly rate of $[RATE], payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll schedule.”Orrick (US) — Section 2 · Base Compensation | ✓“Company will pay the base salary or hourly compensation listed in Cover Terms in accordance with Company payroll practices and applicable law, subject to required withholdings, deductions, and payroll tax obligations.”OpenAgreements — Base Compensation and Payroll |
| Subject to tax withholding & deductionsMUSTStates that compensation is subject to required tax withholdings and deductions. Statutory MUST — federal income-tax withholding (IRC 26 U.S.C. 3402) and FICA (26 U.S.C. 3102) are mandatory employer obligations. | ✓“Your base salary will be paid at the rate of $[annual salary] per year, less payroll deductions and withholdings, paid on the Company’s normal payroll schedule.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Base Compensation | ✓“All forms of compensation referred to in this letter are subject to all applicable taxes, withholding and any other deductions required by applicable law. 6.”Orrick (US) — Section 5 · Taxes, Withholding and Required Deductions | ✓“Company will pay the base salary or hourly compensation listed in Cover Terms in accordance with Company payroll practices and applicable law, subject to required withholdings, deductions, and payroll tax obligations.”OpenAgreements — Base Compensation and Payroll |
| Overtime pay for non-exempt / hourly workOPTIONALProvides that the employee is eligible for overtime pay for overtime work in accordance with applicable law (relevant to non-exempt / hourly hires under the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. 207). | · | ✓“Additionally, if and when you work overtime, you will be eligible to receive overtime pay in accordance with applicable laws.][6] 3. [Equity Award.[7] Subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), you will be granted an option or restricted stock award to purchase [SHARES] shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Equity Award”).”Orrick (US) — Section 2 · Base Compensation | · |
| Exempt classification / overtime-ineligibility statedOPTIONALExpressly states that the employee is classified as exempt and is therefore not eligible for overtime pay (an FLSA exemption representation). | ✓“Because your position is classified as exempt, you will not be eligible for overtime pay for such additional work, and your compensation will not fluctuate according to the quantity of work performed.]”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Hours and Exempt Classification | · | · |
| Equity & benefits | |||
| Equity / option award offeredReferences an equity or stock-option award (typically subject to board approval and a governing equity plan and award documents). | ✓“Subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Company anticipates granting you an option to purchase [\\\\\\] shares of the Company’s common stock at the fair market value as determined by the Board as of the date of grant (the “Option”).”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Stock Option | ✓“Additionally, if and when you work overtime, you will be eligible to receive overtime pay in accordance with applicable laws.][6] 3. [Equity Award.[7] Subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), you will be granted an option or restricted stock award to purchase [SHARES] shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Equity Award”).”Orrick (US) — Section 3 · Equity Award | ✓“If equity terms are listed in Cover Terms, any grant remains subject to board or committee approval, applicable equity plan documents, and separate award documentation.”OpenAgreements — Equity Opportunity |
| Benefits-plan eligibilityStates that the employee is eligible to participate in the company's benefit plans for similarly situated employees. | ✓“During your employment, you will be eligible to participate in the benefits plans offered to similarly situated employees by the Company from time to time, subject to plan terms and generally applicable Company policies.[1] Currently, exempt employees do not accrue vacation and are not subject to any limits in how much vacation they take per year.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Benefits and Vacation | ✓“As a regular employee of the Company, you will be eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans and programs currently and hereafter maintained by the Company and generally available to similarly situated employees of the Company, subject in each case to the terms and conditions of the plan in question, including any eligibility requirements set forth therein, and the determination of any person or committee administering the plan.”Orrick (US) — Section 4 · Employee Benefits | ✓“Employee may be eligible to participate in benefit and paid-time-off programs made available to similarly situated employees, in each case subject to plan terms, enrollment requirements, and Company policy updates permitted by law.”OpenAgreements — Benefits and Time-Off Programs |
| Company may modify / terminate benefitsReserves the company's right to change, modify, or terminate compensation and/or benefit programs at its discretion. | ✓“The Company may change compensation and benefits from time to time in its discretion.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Benefits and Vacation | ✓“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to modify or terminate benefits from time to time as it deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion. [As a part-time employee, you may be ineligible for some of the benefits available to the Company’s full-time employees.”Orrick (US) — Section 4 · Employee Benefits | ✓“Employee may be eligible to participate in benefit and paid-time-off programs made available to similarly situated employees, in each case subject to plan terms, enrollment requirements, and Company policy updates permitted by law.”OpenAgreements — Benefits and Time-Off Programs |
| Equity vesting schedule statedStates a specific vesting schedule for the equity award (e.g., four-year vesting with a one-year cliff). | ✓“The anticipated Option will be governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s [\\\\\\][2] Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and your grant agreement, and will include the following vesting schedule: [SAMPLE STANDARD VESTING: 12/48ths of the total shares will vest on the one year anniversary of the vesting commencement date, and 1/48th of the total shares will vest at the end of each month thereafter on the same day of the month as the vesting commencement date (or if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month)], until either the Option is fully vested or your…”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Stock Option | ✓“The Equity Award will vest and become exercisable (as applicable) over four (4) years at the rate of 25% of the total number of Equity Award shares on the 1-year anniversary of your start date of employment with the Company and 1/48th of the total number of Equity Award shares on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to your continuous service with the Company through each vesting date.”Orrick (US) — Section 3 · Equity Award | · |
| Vacation / paid time off addressedAddresses vacation or paid-time-off treatment (e.g., accrual, unlimited/non-accrual, or carryover). | ✓“During your employment, you will be eligible to participate in the benefits plans offered to similarly situated employees by the Company from time to time, subject to plan terms and generally applicable Company policies.[1] Currently, exempt employees do not accrue vacation and are not subject to any limits in how much vacation they take per year.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Benefits and Vacation | · | ✓“Employee may be eligible to participate in benefit and paid-time-off programs made available to similarly situated employees, in each case subject to plan terms, enrollment requirements, and Company policy updates permitted by law.”OpenAgreements — Benefits and Time-Off Programs |
| Legally mandated benefits acknowledgedOPTIONALAcknowledges benefits mandated by law (e.g., paid sick leave, workers' compensation insurance) that the employer must provide. | · | ✓“You will be afforded the benefits mandated by law, including paid sick leave (if applicable) and workers’ compensation insurance.][8] 5.”Orrick (US) — Section 4 · Employee Benefits | · |
| Work location & arrangement | |||
| Primary work location statedStates the employee's primary work location and/or remote-work status. | ✓“You will work [at our office located at [location[remotely from your home office in [city, California.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Position, Duties, and Reporting | · | ✓“Employee will primarily work from the location listed in Cover Terms.”OpenAgreements — Work Location and Business Travel |
| Travel / location-change flexibilityReserves the company's ability to require business travel or to change the work location. | ✓“Of course, the Company may change your position, duties, and work location from time to time in its discretion.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Position, Duties, and Reporting | · | ✓“Company may require reasonable business travel and may update workplace expectations, including on-site or remote collaboration requirements, consistent with applicable law.”OpenAgreements — Work Location and Business Travel |
| Conditions of employment & conduct | |||
| At-will employment statementStates that employment is at-will and may be ended by either party at any time, with or without cause or notice. | ✓“Likewise, the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause or advance notice.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — At-Will Employment | ✓“Your employment with the Company will be “at will,” meaning that either you or the Company may terminate your employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause or notice.”Orrick (US) — Section 6 · At-Will Employment Relationship | ✓“Unless otherwise required by law or a separate written agreement signed by an authorized Company representative, employment is at-will. This means either Employee or Company may end employment at any time, with or without advance notice, and with or without cause.”OpenAgreements — At-Will Employment Relationship |
| At-will modifiable only by signed writingProvides that the at-will relationship may be modified only by a written agreement signed by an authorized company representative (often an officer / the CEO). | ✓“Your employment at-will status can only be modified in a written agreement signed by you and by an officer of the Company. [If temporary: Your employment relationship with the Company is temporary.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — At-Will Employment | ✓“Although your job duties, title, compensation and benefits, as well as the Company’s personnel policies and procedures, may change from time to time, the “at will” nature of your employment may only be changed in an express written agreement signed by you and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.][10] 7.”Orrick (US) — Section 6 · At-Will Employment Relationship | ✓“Unless otherwise required by law or a separate written agreement signed by an authorized Company representative, employment is at-will.”OpenAgreements — At-Will Employment Relationship |
| CIIAA execution as a conditionRequires the employee to sign a Confidential Information & Invention Assignment Agreement (or equivalent confidentiality/IP agreement) as a condition of employment. | ✓“As a condition of employment, you must sign and comply with the attached Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement (“CIIAA”) which prohibits unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s proprietary information, among other obligations.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Company Policies and CIIAA | ✓“You are required, as a condition of your employment with the Company, to sign the Company’s standard Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Attachment A (the “CIIAA”). 8.”Orrick (US) — Section 7 · Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement | ✓“Employment is expected to begin on the start date listed in Cover Terms, subject to completion of onboarding requirements such as identity and work authorization verification, policy acknowledgements, and execution of confidentiality and inventions assignment documents.”OpenAgreements — Start Date and Onboarding Conditions |
| Compliance with company policiesRequires the employee to comply with company rules, policies, practices, and procedures. | ✓“As a Company employee, you will be expected to abide by Company rules and policies.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Company Policies and CIIAA | ✓“As a condition of your employment, you must become familiar with all policies, practices, and procedures of the Company that are applicable to you, as such policies are changed from time to time, and must comply with all such policies, and in each case you agree that you will do so. 9.”Orrick (US) — Section 8 · Company Policies | ✓“As a condition of employment, Employee must comply with Company written policies, security requirements, confidentiality obligations, and lawful workplace rules, including policies covering information handling, code and device access, and return of Company property.”OpenAgreements — Policies, Confidentiality, and Company Property |
| No use of prior-employer confidential informationProvides that the employee will not use or disclose, or bring onto company premises, any confidential information or property of a former employer. | ✓“In your work for the Company, you will be expected not to use or disclose any confidential information, including trade secrets, of any former employer or other person to whom you have an obligation of confidentiality.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Prior Employer Obligations | ✓“You represent and warrant to the Company that you have returned all property and confidential information belonging to any prior employer. 10.”Orrick (US) — Section 9 · No Conflicts | ✓“Employee will not use or disclose, or bring onto Company premises or systems, any confidential information, trade secrets, or materials belonging to a former employer or other third party, and will not improperly use any such information in performing services for Company.”OpenAgreements — Prior Obligations and Third-Party Information |
| No-conflicting-obligations representationEmployee represents that no prior agreement or obligation restricts their ability to perform duties for the company. | ✓“You hereby represent that you have disclosed to the Company any contract you have signed that may restrict your activities on behalf of the Company.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Prior Employer Obligations | ✓“You represent and warrant to the Company that you are under no obligations or commitments, whether contractual or otherwise, that would prohibit or otherwise restrict you from performing your duties for the Company.”Orrick (US) — Section 9 · No Conflicts | ✓“Employee represents that Employee is not subject to any agreement or obligation that would conflict with this offer or with Employee's duties for Company.”OpenAgreements — Prior Obligations and Third-Party Information |
| Work-authorization contingencyMUSTConditions the offer on the employee's proof of identity and authorization to work in the United States. Statutory MUST — employers must verify employment authorization via Form I-9 under IRCA (8 U.S.C. 1324a). | ✓“This offer is contingent upon satisfactory reference and background checks (if applicable) and satisfactory proof of your right to work in the United States.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Background Check and Work Authorization | ✓“As required by law, your employment with the Company is also contingent upon your providing legal proof of your identity and authorization to work in the United States.”Orrick (US) — Conditions and Acceptance | ✓“Employment is expected to begin on the start date listed in Cover Terms, subject to completion of onboarding requirements such as identity and work authorization verification, policy acknowledgements, and execution of confidentiality and inventions assignment documents.”OpenAgreements — Start Date and Onboarding Conditions |
| Background / reference-check contingencyConditions the offer on satisfactory background investigation and/or reference checks. | ✓“This offer is contingent upon satisfactory reference and background checks (if applicable) and satisfactory proof of your right to work in the United States.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Background Check and Work Authorization | ✓“In addition, the Company reserves the right to conduct background investigations and/or reference checks on all of its potential employees.”Orrick (US) — Conditions and Acceptance | · |
| Duty of loyalty / outside-activities limitOPTIONALRestricts the employee from engaging in competing or conflicting outside business activity during employment. | · | ✓“Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable laws, while you render services to the Company, you may not engage in, launch, or encourage others to launch any other company, venture, employment, consulting project or other business activity (whether on a full- or part-time basis) that would create a conflict of interest with the Company or that would, directly or indirectly, constitute your engagement in or participation in any business that is competitive in any manner with the Company’s business. 11. [Arbitration Agreement.[12] You and…”Orrick (US) — Section 10 · Outside Activities | · |
| Dispute resolution (jurisdiction-sensitive) | |||
| Arbitration of employment disputesProvides for binding arbitration of employment-related disputes (enforceability and permissibility vary by jurisdiction). | ✓“To ensure the rapid and economical resolution of disputes that may arise in connection with your employment with the Company, you and the Company agree that any and all disputes, claims, or causes of action, in law or equity, including but not limited to statutory claims, arising from or relating to the enforcement, breach, performance, or interpretation of this agreement, your employment with the Company, or the termination of your employment, shall be resolved pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1-16, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by final, binding and confidential…”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Arbitration | ✓“Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable laws, while you render services to the Company, you may not engage in, launch, or encourage others to launch any other company, venture, employment, consulting project or other business activity (whether on a full- or part-time basis) that would create a conflict of interest with the Company or that would, directly or indirectly, constitute your engagement in or participation in any business that is competitive in any manner with the Company’s business. 11. [Arbitration Agreement.[12] You and…”Orrick (US) — Section 11 · Arbitration Agreement | · |
| Class / representative-action waiverOPTIONALWaives the employee's right to bring or participate in class or representative proceedings. | ✓“In addition, all claims, disputes, or causes of action under this section, whether by you or the Company, must be brought in an individual capacity, and shall not be brought as a plaintiff (or claimant) or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding, nor joined or consolidated with the claims of any other person or entity.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Arbitration | · | · |
| Jury-trial waiverOPTIONALWaives the right to a jury (or judge / administrative) trial in favor of arbitration. | ✓“You acknowledge that by agreeing to this arbitration procedure, both you and the Company waive the right to resolve any such dispute through a trial by jury or judge or administrative proceeding.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Arbitration | · | · |
| Non-arbitrable statutory-claims carve-outOPTIONALCarves out claims that cannot be compelled to arbitration as a matter of law (e.g., California PAGA / FEHA claims). | ✓“This paragraph shall not apply to any action or claim that cannot be subject to mandatory arbitration as a matter of law, including, without limitation, claims brought pursuant to the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, as amended, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as amended, and the California Labor Code, as amended, to the extent such claims are not permitted by applicable law(s) to be submitted to mandatory arbitration and the applicable law(s) are not preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act or otherwise invalid (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”).”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Arbitration | · | · |
| General terms & boilerplate | |||
| Entire-agreement / integration clauseStates that the letter (with the CIIAA) is the entire agreement and supersedes prior or contemporaneous agreements (a merger/integration clause). | ✓“This letter and the CIIAA supersede any other agreements or promises made to you by anyone, whether oral or written.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Entire Agreement, Severability, and Electronic Execution | ✓“This letter, together with the CIIAA [and Arbitration Agreement], sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous discussions, understandings and agreements, whether oral or written, between them relating to the subject matter hereof. 15.”Orrick (US) — Section 14 · Entire Agreement | ✓“This offer letter, together with the documents it references, is the entire agreement between Employee and Company about the subject matter of the offer, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous discussions, understandings, representations, or promises, whether oral or written.”OpenAgreements — Entire Agreement |
| Severability / reformationProvides that invalid provisions are severed or reformed and the remainder survives. | ✓“If any provision of this offer letter agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination shall not affect any other provision of this offer letter agreement and the provision in question shall be modified so as to be rendered enforceable in a manner consistent with the intent of the parties insofar as possible under applicable law.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Entire Agreement, Severability, and Electronic Execution | ✓“If any provision of this letter becomes or is deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any applicable jurisdiction by reason of the scope, extent or duration of its coverage, then such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to conform to applicable law so as to be valid and enforceable or, if such provision cannot be so amended without materially altering the intention of the parties, then such provision shall be stricken and the remainder of this letter shall continue in full force and effect.”Orrick (US) — Section 15 · Severability | ✓“If any provision of this offer letter is held invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable or, if it cannot be modified, severed, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.”OpenAgreements — Severability |
| Electronic signature / counterpartsPermits execution by electronic signature and/or in counterparts. | ✓“This letter may be delivered and executed via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and executed and be valid and effective for all purposes. \ \ \ Please sign and date this letter, and the enclosed CIIAA and return them to me by \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\, if you wish to accept employment at the Company under the terms described above.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Entire Agreement, Severability, and Electronic Execution | ✓“This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.”Orrick (US) — Section 17 · Counterparts | ✓“This offer letter may be signed electronically and in one or more counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which together form one and the same agreement.”OpenAgreements — Electronic Signature and Counterparts |
| Acceptance by signatureProvides for the employee's acceptance of the offer by signature/return of the letter. | ✓“This letter may be delivered and executed via electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and executed and be valid and effective for all purposes. \ \ \ Please sign and date this letter, and the enclosed CIIAA and return them to me by \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\, if you wish to accept employment at the Company under the terms described above.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Acceptance | ✓“You hereby consent to (i) conduct business electronically (ii) receive such documents and notices by such electronic delivery and (iii) sign documents electronically and agree to participate through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company. [Signature Page Follows] If you wish to accept this offer, please sign and date this letter and the enclosed CIIAA and Arbitration Agreement and return them to me.”Orrick (US) — Conditions and Acceptance | ✓“By signing this Employment Offer Letter, each party agrees to these Cover Terms and Standard Terms.”OpenAgreements — Signatures |
| Governing law specifiedSpecifies the governing law for the offer letter. | · | ✓“Except for the Arbitration Agreement, the validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this letter agreement, and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state in which you are employed by the Company, or, if you are a remote employee, reside, or in the event the offer of employment is withdrawn, then in accordance with the laws of the state in which you resided at the time this offer was made, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of…”Orrick (US) — Section 13 · Governing Law | ✓“This offer letter and any dispute regarding its interpretation are governed by the law listed in Cover Terms, without applying conflicts-of-law principles to the extent not required by applicable law.”OpenAgreements — Governing Law |
| Changes require a signed writingProvides that changes to the employment terms require a later written document (amendment) authorized/signed by the company. | ✓“Changes in your employment terms, other than those changes expressly reserved to the Company’s discretion in this letter, require a written modification signed by an officer of the Company.”Cooley GO (CA exempt) — Entire Agreement, Severability, and Electronic Execution | · | ✓“By accepting, Employee agrees that any changes must be set out in a later written document authorized by Company.”OpenAgreements — Offer Expiration and Acceptance |
| Offer expiration dateStates a date on/by which the offer expires unless accepted. | · | ✓“This offer, if not accepted, will expire at the close of business on [EXPIRATION DATE].”Orrick (US) — Conditions and Acceptance | ✓“This offer expires on the date listed in Cover Terms unless extended in writing by Company.”OpenAgreements — Offer Expiration and Acceptance |
| No assignment by employeeOPTIONALProvides that the letter is personal to the employee and may not be assigned by the employee (while the company may assign). | · | ✓“This letter and all of your rights and obligations hereunder are personal to you and may not be transferred or assigned by you at any time.”Orrick (US) — Section 16 · No Assignment | · |
| Bonus eligibility addressedOPTIONALAddresses potential bonus eligibility and how bonus programs are administered. | · | · | ✓“If bonus terms are listed in Cover Terms, those terms describe potential bonus eligibility.”OpenAgreements — Bonus Opportunity |