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I heard this from a Tim Ferriss guest, forgot who, but he said contractual agreements are really for when there are disagreements. I thought that was a novel wa
by nefitty 7y ago
I heard this from a Tim Ferriss guest, forgot who, but he said contractual agreements are really for when there are disagreements. I thought that was a novel way to think about them.
- vkou 7y agoThe problem is that you have no idea whether or not Amazon will find something in your behaviour to disagree with. And if they do, you have no idea whether it will be a reasonable disagreement.
- sbarre 7y agoYeah that's true, but it's also important to have a solid mutual understanding of your arrangement up front, when all parties can be objective and (hopefully) fair-minded, as opposed to when there is an actual problem and everything is subjective and everyone is self-interested. An old boss used to say "good friends make for good paperwork".
- Twirrim 7y agoAmazon seems to start taking legal action every year or so over non-competes, makes a splash in the tech press, and then comes to an agreement. I'm at least half convinced it's just to ensure the non-compete can't be argued to be null and void via failure to enforce. IIRC the non-compete is pretty wide ranging from Amazon. Makes it almost impossible to get another tech job, depending on how you interpret certain phrases. Fun stuff.
- greglindahl 7y agoHave you considered moving to California? The economic benefit of states experimenting with laws is that you can choose what makes sense for you, instead of just accepting what's on offer in Seattle.
- mabbo 7y agoNot everyone at Amazon is in Seattle. Or even America. There's over 3000 of us in Canada right now, just on the tech side. And honestly, given your political climate and attitudes towards immigrants, whew, no way, do not want to move to the USA.