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> ...employment contracts.... What employment contract?
by pmiller2 9y ago
> ...employment contracts....
What employment contract?
- tomsthumb 9y agoI would assume "s/employment contracts/employment agreements/" is closer to what was meant.
- KirinDave 9y agoThey are contracts though, we just agree to miserable terms.
- zimzam 9y agoThey aren’t contracts in at-will employment states
- ryan-c 9y agoMost jobs require the employee to sign a contract. It's just not a contract that gives them any assurance of keeping their job.
- KirinDave 9y agoThe at-will clause in your employment contract is one of MANY terms with rather far-reaching legal implications. But for example you almost certainly have a moonlighting clause with specific rules. You have invention disclosure and ownership with rules. These represent binding contracts between you and your employer, often with rules around conflict resolution that are also legally binding.
- throwawaymyip 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=15349994 https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=15349994
- realbarack 9y agoI took that not to mean literal contracts, but rather a "contract of expectations"—we pay you X, in return you do Y (where in this case Y is "work longer hours" and such).
- KirinDave 9y agoIf you work full time you sign an agreement which contains contractual obligations. The fact that employment is 'at-will' doesn't really change this fact or characterization.