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0 pointsthrowaway7439501y ago0 comments

It might be that they agree to it initially when hired, so it doesn't matter if they sign something when they leave.

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Agreements with surprise terms that only get detailed later tend not to be very legal.

Doesn't even have to be a surprise. Pretty much startup employment agreement in existence gives the company ("at the board's sole discretion") the right to repurchase your shares upon termination of employment. OpenAI's PPUs are worth $0 until they become profitable. Guess which right they'll choose to exercise if you don't sign the NDA?

jbellis1y ago

I don't think rght to repurchase is routine. It was a scandal a few years ago when it turned out that Skype did that. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2018/01/10/startup...

lucianbr1y ago

Who would accept shares as valuable if the contract said they can be repurchased from you at a price of 0$? This can't be it.

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mvdtnz1y ago

How do you know there isn't a very clear term in the employment agreement stating that upon termination you'll be asked to sign an NDA on these terms?

romwell1y ago

Unless the terms of the NDA are provided upfront, that sounds sketch AF.

"I agree to follow unspecified terms in perpetuity, or return the pay I already earned" doesn't vibe with labor laws.

And if those NDA terms were already in the contract, there would be no need to sign them upon exit.

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klyrs1y ago

One particularly sus term in my employment agreement is that I adhere to all corporate policies. Guess how many of those there are, how often they're updated, and if I've ever read them!

pests1y ago

Why not just get it signed then? Your signing to agree to sign later?

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