I think the main reason he doesnt want you to exercise is nothing about being personal. He is legally liable to expose significant amount of information about the company to you going forward, whether he likes or not, which includes every fund raising, aquitions, 409 and more.
My other surprising thing is, how could you be a sales guy, doing 85% of 7M and still be naive to believe in personal vendetta?.
Either you are too young or something is missing in the story.
>>In short, I was promoted as Engineering Manager, hated it, fired myself, limited communication with coworkers, worked fewer hours, eliminated distractions like Slack, and ultimately obtained the results I was looking for.
My other surprising thing is, how could you be a sales guy, doing 85% of 7M and still be naive to believe in personal vendetta?.
Either you are too young or something is missing in the story.