• Big Mike@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    If this happens they’ll do the “A person who swears to tell the truth and nothing but the truth says what” ordeal. If that doesn’t work they will just let you leave

  • Square Singer@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    Judge: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

    Me: Fuck. Here, I swore.

        • sharpiemarker@feddit.de
          0·
          1 year ago

          I’m not sure as I’m not a legal expert. I can say that if they know that you’re not going to be honest, there’s no reason for your testimony.

          • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            1 year ago

            They can put charges on you for lying in court as a witness. You can get 6 months to 15 years in prison if you lie under outh.

            And if you don’t want to say anything as a witness, you also get detention for up to 6 months. Oh. And they have to pay for it.

            Thats what I figured out after a quick Google search at least

            In most cases they lie and say: “I really would want to testify, but I can’t really remember anymore.” and it’s pretty hard to prove that their memory isn’t shit.

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    0·
    1 year ago

    I once crossed off something I didn’t like on a contract and the boss scolded me and put a fresh new one in front of me while printing out yet another one.

    • zkikiz@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      All contracts are negotiable, you did nothing wrong other than not having a conversation before wasting paper, the main issue is that for most people the negotiation is “if you want to work here you have to agree to all this.”

      But yeah reasonable accommodation and mutual understandings, etc, should be written down and signed. I challenged the non-disclosure agreement at my job once because it literally said I couldn’t talk about my work with ANYONE, and a plain reading of it would mean I’d be unable to even talk to my boss about what I was supposed to be doing. It was poorly written and probably unenforceable. My boss didn’t like that so I signed it anyway and then focused on finding work elsewhere (he was a dick and his company got raided by the FBI a few years later)