fc%USC-CSE@USC-ECL.ARPA (04/14/84)
I don't know about you, but whenever I am given a contract to
sign, I simply cross out anything I'm not willing to agree to and sign
what remains. If they want me, they sign, if they don't they don't. In
my experience, 95% of the time, they just sign and take what they get.
The other 5% of the time, they try to bargain, and I simply refuse to
yield on the issues that are important to me. At that point we either
agree or don't. The point is, that you should only agree to the things
that seem reasonable to you, and then only if you understand the legal
ramifications of what you are signing.
Frankly, I wouldn't work for anyone who felt the need to bind me
to them by an exclusive use of my brain contract. First of all, it's my
brain not theirs. Second of all, they must be in pretty bad stead with
their employees if they have to use the law to force them to stay.
Companies that are really good don't have to force employees to stay,
the employees stay because they believe in the company and they get the
rewards they seek. Figure out what you want and what you're willing to
give for it, don't do what you don't believe in just because others are
doing it.
Fred