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Re:Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding... by thadjo on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:32PM (#18196812)
Amazon famously did this to their warehouse workers: https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/26/8280309/amazon-warehouse-...

Some of the workers most affected by this sort of tactic are those that have the least understanding of the contracts' enforceability. Feels like there should be some kind of recourse for this kind of thing.

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Re:Millions of workers believe they are bound by non-binding... by Washuu on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:27PM (#18198156)
When Twitch/Amazon acquired Curse through Twitch they made everyone in the Alabama office sign very broad non-complete contracts as a condition of continued employment, but the California office was spared. When someone spoke up in the meeting with Amazon HR onboarding about the issue the representative spoke up, "Because it's legal to do so here.". The rest of the meeting was uncomfortably quiet.
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