Workplace Entanglement

← Workplace Entanglement28 jun · 9 min

She Signed the NDA. She Thought It Just Covered the Salary.

She Signed the NDA. She Thought It Just Covered the Salary.28 jun9 min

She read the compensation section. She read the non-compete. She did not read the section titled "Prior Incidents and Organizational Knowledge." Two years later, a colleague said something that made her go home and read all four pages — and understand why certain conversations at that company had never quite been possible. This episode of Workplace Entanglement covers NDA scope concealment: how non-disclosure agreements are structured to contain patterns of workplace behavior while remaining legally unimpeachable, what the 'quiet list' is, and the architecture of a document that requires your voluntary signature to function as intended. Workplace Entanglement — available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere you listen.