• HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    9 hours ago

    My employer after they let me go wanted me sign a contract saying I absolve them and all their associates of everything from the begining of time. yes it actually said from the begining of time.

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      4 hours ago

      One time I got an “in between” job at a local business. The first day I showed up and the place made me sign a 17 page front and back NDA.

      I’ve signed actual, legitimate NDAs. They are like 3 pages, max. Some people are just preposterous.

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        2 hours ago

        Yeah I go through all the contracts and paperwork and I am never wild about any of them but this is one of two types of things I refused to sign despite losing a fair sum with them. I totally get people signing them though as its a tough loss to deal with. There needs to be laws around reasonableness of contracts.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        I had an employer (wrongfully) terminate me and they wanted me to sign a similar thing. I asked if I could just… not. My (very cool, forced to do this) manager said “absolutely.” I didn’t sign it. I applied for unemployment. Started getting free money.

        They fought it. I had a conference call with a judge and that same manager. I was shaking. The judge asked “MANAGER, did you have any reason to suspect that Rai did the thing they’re accused of doing?”

        “Nope.”

        End of call.

        Thank you for the year of playing TF2 for 40 hours a week, dope-ass manager.