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Originally Posted by Wolfram
I'm really confused. Don't you guys know what a contract is? They are legally binding. Breaking them has negative consequences.
In most US jurisdictions employment contracts are not enforceable, and even when they are, it is very rare to go to court over it. This cuts both ways - the employee has very little protection, but also very little obligation.
Like, your employer can make you sign a contract that says you can't work in the industry for a year after you quit, but they will have a very hard time succeeding in court if you do. When it happens, it's when an extremely crucial (and highly paid) person gets poached and uses insider data from his old job.
An example was when I worked at UnderArmour, they got sued because they hired the guy in charge of product design for a particular product, and the shortly thereafter released an almost identical product.
I've never worked anywhere that even asked me to sign a contract stating that I'd give a specific notice length. If you're being nice, 2 weeks is the notice people usually give. But I could walk out tomorrow, nbd.