Yeah, clearly the employee and the company have the same leverage in negotiation here.

It's a free market! If she didn't like the offer, she could've just gotten herself fired from some other company instead. /s

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zeroonetwothree 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The company offers you money in exchange for signing certain agreements. You are free to decline. There is no obligation on either side.

If non disparagement clauses were illegal then perhaps the severance amounts would be smaller since there’s now much less value to the company.

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margalabargala 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Different entities having different amounts of leverage in a negotiation is neither unusual nor inherently immoral.

If someone gives you the option to accept $ to sign a contract agreeing not talk about something that is legal but morally bad, and you say yes, then talk about the thing, you will correctly be losing the lawsuit, no matter how bad the thing is.

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alterom an hour ago | parent [-]

>Different entities having different amounts of leverage in a negotiation is neither unusual nor inherently immoral.

Having a leverage to force an NDA is not immoral, but breaking the NDA (no matter how unfair the situation that led to it being signed was) is immoral.

Got it.

	▲	margalabargala an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, what was forced about the NDA? Did I miss the part where a gun was held to their head? If I offer you money to eat a turd, is it your view that you are being forced to eat the turd?

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prepend 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

She was privileged to even get a severance. Most people just get fired.

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charcircuit 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

She can just reject the offer. Nothing can compel you to sign a contract you don't want to.

	▲	HarHarVeryFunny 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, but most people want to pay their bills, so they "want" to sign the severance agreement.