> I've crossed out and questioned plenty of employee contracts. Most businesses will work with you on this. I've given two weeks notice at one job, only to arr

> I've crossed out and questioned plenty of employee contracts. Most businesses will work with you on this. I've given two weeks notice at one job, only to arrive at $new_job and discover that their $parent_company requires you to fill out a digital contract, with no room for appending it. One was smart enough to even make it so that the signature box only accepted an exact match on your name. The contract they wanted me to sign involved committing perjury on federal forms... but HR promised they would "make a note in my file" about my concern, and still expected me to digitally sign everything. Now that I'm a seasoned professional who can count on getting work elsewhere, and has some savings, I can just refuse and quit / let them fire me. As someone new coming in to the industry, though, my options were "go along with this" or "desperately hope I could line up a new job before I got evicted" (old job had already filled my position) Still a hell of a lot better than working retail or call center, but it's definitely not always as simple as "just negotiate a better contract"