I'm speaking of the #TrainingRepaymentAgreementProvision (AKA, the #TRAP), a contractual term that forces workers who quit or get fired to pay their ex-bosses tens of thousands of dollars, supposedly to recoup the cost of training them:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/04/its-a-trap/#a-little-on-the-nose
Now, TRAPs aren't just evil, they're also bullshit.
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Cory Doctorow /
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2023-09-14 17:00:26
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