I signed them when I was younger, but have been able to avoid them since a couple of years. In my opinion, the law should be enough in most cases. Recently I w

I signed them when I was younger, but have been able to avoid them since a couple of years. In my opinion, the law should be enough in most cases. Recently I was offered a good and well-paying job. Late in the recruitment phase there was this far-reaching NDA I would have to sign. I asked to be given two days to read and evaluate it, which apparently labeled me as someone very strange, I should just flip through it in 10 seconds and sign like everybody else. Two days later when I questioned their HR/Legal about some of the clauses they got very uncomfortable, and tried to avoid making a big deal out of them, saying it was "standard" and "at this site, they had never taken anyone to court based on it". I didn't sign, and hence they could no longer offer me the job. Oh well, their loss, they would have to do without the value I could provide to their business.