My org signed one NDA with BigCorp, and I watched a sister org on the same project with more leverage not sign an NDA, and have the same level of engagement and

My org signed one NDA with BigCorp, and I watched a sister org on the same project with more leverage not sign an NDA, and have the same level of engagement and more leverage by not being yoked to an NDA. There's a pro-con to it, no doubt. If you think you have leverage, skip it. If you don't have leverage, probably easy enough to eat it.