See, here's the thing. While I agree that what happened to Tilly was horrible and that perhaps there should be some protective laws in place, the fact is that we still have the ability to sign away a good number of our "rights." Most of the laws to the contrary are based on the idea of non-intimidation rather than ignorance. For example, the law says you can't sign away your right to a minimum wage, because otherwise employers would be lining up left and right to screw employees. (For those of you who are wondering at this point, no, I am not inherently against "The Man" (tm), I just realize that there are people in the world who are willing to take advantage of other human beings for the sake of nothing more than money.) Here's my point: we have two choices...we can either go the route of putting minimal protections in place, enough to prevent abuse of the system by either side, but while still allowing employees great flexibility in what they are willing to give up, or we could go the route of the government coddling everyone and putting protective laws in place left and right clearly delineating what the employer can and cannot ask for in any given contract. I prefer to trust in people, not in government.
-Mike-In reply to Re: How do you view your employment?
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