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The fact that you're saying "the company is the one..." and that they should suffer draconian punishments after reading an anonymous internet comment is exactly why we shouldn't treat verbal contracts seriously.

You don't know if the company did anything.

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A company that's on the up and up will make sure the contracts are in place. One that is not will rely on people forgetting their verbal contracts.

And my draconian punishment remark was directed at founders who fuck over their employees in general. Violating that trust should carry extremely heavy penalties, to the point where you are much worse off than if you didn't.

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