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Also remember you can always treat agreements as negotiations. Tell them you don't agree to that part and cross it out and see what their response is. (For th
by bigiain 8y ago
Also remember you can always treat agreements as negotiations. Tell them you don't agree to that part and cross it out and see what their response is.
(For the record that's always worked for me in employment contracts where the first offer has been some ridiculously broad non-compete. I've always has some variation of "Oh yeah - that's just HRs standard boilerplate, obviously we don't mean to have that apply to _you_ - just cross it out and I'll initial and sign it without that clause...")
- hogu 8y agoI did - I spoke to the cofounders about it and they were firm - they believe they need it to keep someone from running off with their intellectual property (I'm not sure exactly what IP a coworking space has...)
- bigiain 8y agoI'd respond with "OK, thanks. I won't waste any more of your or my time here then..." Even if there are no other competing coworking spaces to use locally there's bound to be other temporary/occasional desk space options if you look around hard enough, and _I_ would choose not to be contractually obligated to those sorts of arse-clowns. (Intellectual property in co-working space??? _Seriously??? Patent it or GTFO...)