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On 4/10/2026 4:14 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Dilbert: Revised Standard Employment Agreement
-a-a https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1996-02-15
Most Excellent !-a I need to do this !
Hat tip to:
-a-a https://www.reddit.com/r/dilbert/comments/1shdzs6/the_dil_side/
I was once at a small SW company that tried to pull something like
this - they tried to trick us into signing an employment agreement
which would forbid us from ever working for a competitor, and
similarly bind our spouses and adult children . Also, that we had
no NDAs active with any of our former employers, and so could use
any information we had from them in the company's products.
The problem was that people actually started to read the agreements,
despite them being characterized as 'minor paperwork, just sign and
hand back' and very quickly started to object, loudly.
After about an hour, I went to my manager and explained that I
would have to resign: As part of my security clearance at a former
job, I had a life-long, irrevocable NDA with the US Government.
I was the only cryptography guy the company had, and this would
halted a major project.
The agreements were withdrawn from everyone. No one signed.
pt
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