If you don't have much leverage this might quickly turn in to not having a job any more. Them stating "it's a common/normal/standard term" or feigning surprise/

If you don't have much leverage this might quickly turn in to not having a job any more. Them stating "it's a common/normal/standard term" or feigning surprise/ignorance to me seems the signal for that. I don't personally believe Hanlon's razor applies in these circumstances.