The stock option news was bothering me so I did a little digging. Sounds like it's a cookie cutter deal for the options and really we shouldnt read anything ito the price or the term. 

Usually the strike price is equal to the stock's market value at the time the option is granted but not always. It can be lower or higher than that, depending on the type of option. In the case of private company options, the strike price is often based on the price of shares at the company's most recent funding round. 

Employees profit if they can sell their stock for more than they paid at exercise. The National Center for Employee Ownership estimates that employees covered by broad-based stock option plans receive an amount equal to between 12 and 20% of their salaries from the "spread" between what they pay for their option stock and what they sell it for. 

Most stock options have an exercise period of 10 years. This is the maximum amount of time during which the shares may be purchased, or the option "exercised." Restrictions inside this period are prescribed by a "vesting" schedule, which sets the minimum amount of time that must be met before exercise.

https://money.cnn.com/pf/money-essentials-employee-stock-options/index.html