Actually, if a new hire just wants to get their foot in the door and wants out of the FDA badly, they can bid out on the first bid in which they can hold something else. They just have to be willing to pay back the seed money.

10k to get out of a bigtime $$$-losing situation isn't really that bad of a deal. If they were to completely take leave of their senses and elect option #1, then the payback is pro-rated.