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A Response to 37Signals "We don't do Employment Contracts"

• aresant 16y ago
  I agree completely with this article - "Trust in God but tie your camels" as a friend of mine says.
  • anamax 16y ago
    Why does God need a camel?
• wgj 16y ago
  Contracts are a form of communication. Poor contract, poor communication; no contract, no communication. When I first started at Microsoft (many years ago) I was the only one of my peers[1] to read the entire Employee Handbook. I believe this enhanced my relationship with the company during my time there. [1]Based on many hallway conversations. I'm sure someone else somewhere actually read it.
• geebee 16y ago
  The "lawsuit as car crash" analogy is a pretty good analogy. You pay a lawyer now as insurance against getting crushed by the legal system later. If you step back, it is reasonable to ask why we have a legal system where driving without a seatbelt is actually a pretty good analogy for hiring without a lawyer. And I think that we ought to acknowledge that the system remains this way, at least in part, because it leads to many lucrative billable hours for lawyers.
  • anthonyb 16y ago
    The car crash in this case would be getting sued by an (ex)employee for lots of money - not paying your lawyer for lots of billable hours. It's the litigation-happy culture that you live in which causes the pain.