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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by mvdtnz on Saturday May 18, 2024 @12:43AM (#40396497)
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?
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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by klyrs on Saturday May 18, 2024 @01:34AM (#40396653)
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!
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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by pests on Saturday May 18, 2024 @01:31AM (#40396646)
Why not just get it signed then? Your signing to agree to sign later?
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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by romwell on Saturday May 18, 2024 @01:08AM (#40396572)
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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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by mvdtnz on Saturday May 18, 2024 @01:29AM (#40396638)
> And if those NDA terms were already in the contract, there would be no need to sign them upon exit.

If the NDA terms were agreed in an employment contract they would no longer be valid upon termination of that contract.

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Re:OpenAI requires NDA for employees to keep equity by sratner on Saturday May 18, 2024 @02:36AM (#40396910)
Plenty of contracts have survivorship clauses. In particular, non-disclosure clauses and IP rights are the ones to most commonly survive termination.
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