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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by ryandrake on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:30PM (#19222622)
I'd argue any contract is problematic if there is both a significant power discrepancy between the parties, and the terms are non-negotiable (take it or leave it).

When I think of the word "contract" I don't picture two companies with a meeting of the minds, on equal footing, settling something. Instead I associate the word with a hammer that a powerful company uses to smash a relatively powerless individual--because that's the only kind of contract 99% of us will ever be party to.

Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by drdeca on Friday February 22, 2019 @06:32PM (#19230188)
Technically verbal contracts, like when one pays someone to cut one’s hair, are contracts, I think?