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How is it not related, when I almost could not work at that job just because I wasn't "adult enough" yet? Also, tone down the pompusness and chill out, eh? I'v
by palish 17y ago
How is it not related, when I almost could not work at that job just because I wasn't "adult enough" yet?
Also, tone down the pompusness and chill out, eh? I've
been very pleasant throughout this whole thing, I think, and I don't appreciate being told what to do.
- pyre 17y agoNot being able to sign a contract is not a child labor law. You were able to legally work for that company. The company itself imposed an additional restriction(s) (i.e. the NDA) as a requirement for employment. Is it a 'child labor law' because a 12 year old can't get a driver's license, and therefore can't be employed as a pizza delivery person? Your reasoning is broken. You might as well say that statutory rape laws are really 'child labor' laws because they prevent children from becoming sex workers.
- palish 17y agoOkay, I will concede that you are correct. However, that does not entirely invalidate my point. Because of my previous experience, I can empathize strongly with anyone in a similar situation. I don't think it's fair that if I were fourteen then I definitely wouldn't have been able to get an internship there, even though I had the skills to do so and it really made sense for me at the time, and everyone else agreed. In general, hard restrictions are dangerous unless there are ways to circumvent them for the rare situations where that restriction makes no sense. Of course, not having any restrictions at all is even more dangerous. The restrictions just need to be flexible.