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Re:Contracts you should never sign by thwayunion on Friday January 27, 2023 @10:50AM (#34547359)
It's even more dishonorable for a company with a legal team to offer up terms in a contract that are explicitly illegal, and then use those illegal terms to conduct unfair and deceptive business practices in the labor market.

In fact, that scenario is so dishonorable that in some states you can ask the court for triple damages if the employer tries to enforce the noncompete

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Re:Contracts you should never sign by WalterBright on Friday January 27, 2023 @10:53AM (#34547390)
Your having honor is not conditional on others having honor.
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Re:Contracts you should never sign by thwayunion on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:33AM (#34547964)
There is no honor is dying on an ER stretcher.

For anyone in the US who needs regular healthcare beyond what's provided by Medicaid, the labor market is a war for (literal) survival. If the ownership class didn't want to return to an extremely adversarial relationship with labor, then they shouldn't have gutted the social safety net.

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Re:Contracts you should never sign by Shaggy2000 on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:59AM (#34548368)
Right on, stick it to the man
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Re:Contracts you should never sign by WalterBright on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:53PM (#34549305)
Honor is what separates men from animals. Each of us gets to choose which we are.
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Re:Contracts you should never sign by thwayunion on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:19PM (#34586529)
Did you just insinuate I'm subhuman because I don't bend over when a megacorp insists that I sign an unenforceable noncompete?
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Re:Contracts you should never sign by orangecat on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:08PM (#34548526)
Cooperating against a defect-bot is not an indication of honor.
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