So...I got more information regarding a job that I got hired for on Upwork, and F*ck…I don’t know what to do . Very confused at the moment...Don't know what I got myself into...
They are having me sign a NDA (which is completely fine) and a Terms & Conditions for the project that I’m gonna be a part of. And boy is the T&C some F*cking crazy shit. On paper it sounds like I’m selling my soul to the devil. Talking about I can't tell anyone or anything about the company or what I do for the company, to the extent of not even telling the clients that I’m gonna be working with what I do. And if I violate the T&C or any other document that I have signed (since they are legally binding) I have to pay damages minimum of 1,000,000 USD. Do you think this is typical? Am I overthinking this?
Oh! And this is not even explaining how everything the guy said throughout the interview has contradicted itself when I read the T&C and parts of the NDA. How can I not mention the company name to anyone or anything when the name of the company is on the job post? It makes no damn sense…A lot of things that he said makes no damn sense when I read the T&C now...Is this type of language unenforceable in court? I mean, its ludicrous...
And all of this would be OK if I actually trusted the guy and the company he is a part of. But I don’t for some reason. My BS radar is going off the charts and it started during the interview…
When I had the interview, he was telling me all of these stories and they seem like lies now. Really they do. He made everything sound nice and sweet, like its the best thing since sliced bread. I was very cautious and wondering throughout the call “Whats the catch here? I mean, this seems too good to be true…” He had an answer for every scenario. It was so weird. He was talking about people that he had hired and I was going to be the 5th one. But he didn’t say the people he hired were new and that he hired them from the same job post that I got hired from, which that is where he hired them from (he mentioned 4 and he hired 4 from Upwork along with me. Weird right?). He made the people seem like they had been working for the company for months or even years and they were well established in the company, not new like me.
Maybe they are maybe they aren't. But, I do know he has hired 4 other people since the T&C document went to them as well. I can see from the documents history all of recipients of the doc and whether or not they have signed it or not. Don’t know why that information is out in the open because I know the other recipients email addresses as well...
Anyways…I’m very confused on what to do. The easy answer would be to just tell I can’t do the job. I guess this how the cross-roads feel. I’m still thinking about this because I could make some good money from this job. And it could truly help me. But I don’t trust them. Not a single damn word.
One other thing, since I am already hired by him, I don’t want my job success score to go lower if I decide not take on this job, since it is at 100%.
This is why I made this post a rant. I know what to do, but then again, I don't know if I'm overthinking this. Would like other peoples opinions...
They are having me sign a NDA (which is completely fine) and a Terms & Conditions for the project that I’m gonna be a part of. And boy is the T&C some F*cking crazy shit. On paper it sounds like I’m selling my soul to the devil. Talking about I can't tell anyone or anything about the company or what I do for the company, to the extent of not even telling the clients that I’m gonna be working with what I do. And if I violate the T&C or any other document that I have signed (since they are legally binding) I have to pay damages minimum of 1,000,000 USD. Do you think this is typical? Am I overthinking this?
Oh! And this is not even explaining how everything the guy said throughout the interview has contradicted itself when I read the T&C and parts of the NDA. How can I not mention the company name to anyone or anything when the name of the company is on the job post? It makes no damn sense…A lot of things that he said makes no damn sense when I read the T&C now...Is this type of language unenforceable in court? I mean, its ludicrous...
And all of this would be OK if I actually trusted the guy and the company he is a part of. But I don’t for some reason. My BS radar is going off the charts and it started during the interview…
When I had the interview, he was telling me all of these stories and they seem like lies now. Really they do. He made everything sound nice and sweet, like its the best thing since sliced bread. I was very cautious and wondering throughout the call “Whats the catch here? I mean, this seems too good to be true…” He had an answer for every scenario. It was so weird. He was talking about people that he had hired and I was going to be the 5th one. But he didn’t say the people he hired were new and that he hired them from the same job post that I got hired from, which that is where he hired them from (he mentioned 4 and he hired 4 from Upwork along with me. Weird right?). He made the people seem like they had been working for the company for months or even years and they were well established in the company, not new like me.
Maybe they are maybe they aren't. But, I do know he has hired 4 other people since the T&C document went to them as well. I can see from the documents history all of recipients of the doc and whether or not they have signed it or not. Don’t know why that information is out in the open because I know the other recipients email addresses as well...
Anyways…I’m very confused on what to do. The easy answer would be to just tell I can’t do the job. I guess this how the cross-roads feel. I’m still thinking about this because I could make some good money from this job. And it could truly help me. But I don’t trust them. Not a single damn word.
One other thing, since I am already hired by him, I don’t want my job success score to go lower if I decide not take on this job, since it is at 100%.
This is why I made this post a rant. I know what to do, but then again, I don't know if I'm overthinking this. Would like other peoples opinions...
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