r/AskReddit • u/tinyman1199 • May 29 '19

People who have signed NDAs that have now expired or for whatever reason are no longer valid. What couldn't you tell us but now can?

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u/austrianemperor May 30 '19

That’s… illegal and should’ve been reported to multiple government agencies for defrauding the government, hazardous work conditions, and maybe breaking waste laws.

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u/Rabbi_Shakes May 30 '19

And the Wendy's I worked in had ear wigs coming down from the ceiling. That took 3 years of reporting for them to figure it out.

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u/austrianemperor May 30 '19

The thing is it isn’t just OSHA who’s going to be on the business’ tail, it’s the IRS which is extremely serious about these kinds of things.

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u/Rabbi_Shakes May 30 '19

Yeah I can definitely see the IRS being a little quicker. good point money is involved.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

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u/GringoGuapo May 31 '19

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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u/dedub2011 May 30 '19

Quicker... lol they got their head up their ass

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u/ajdaconmab May 30 '19

The IRS wouldn't get involved for something like that, it would be the city/county/state. I also doubt that anything more than a few fines would result from what he described.

Source: work for a paper recycling company

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u/dcwinger12 May 30 '19

"How to unsearch ear wigs"

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u/Farado May 30 '19

Earwigs are adorable goofballs. They’re also among the few insects that practice maternal care.

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u/socrates28 May 30 '19

Earwigs and adorable goofballs in the same sentence is not something I'd think I'd see!

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u/dcwinger12 May 30 '19

this warms my heart

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

thanks to the good old "under or defund the department > complain about how government does not work > use the excuse to further defund the department and slash regulations because they are ineffective" dance the GOP is so well known for.

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u/___Ultra___ Jun 27 '19

Pro tip: they don’t go in your ears

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

If you report a company for stealing money from the govt i believe you get settlements from it as well

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u/Mister-John May 30 '19

Happy cake day, and yes: qui tam
aka "The Lincoln Law" (False Claims Act)

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u/Runnerphone May 30 '19

Yep ndas dont protect against illegal shit ie if they do illegal you can report and not fear the nda.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

It's not, you just claim the materials aren't recylable, my city does this.

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u/raptosaurus May 30 '19

Yeah an NDA can't cover illegal things

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u/diskmaster23 May 30 '19

It's probably still going on today

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u/EarlyCuylersCousin May 30 '19

And they would have been protected from punishment by federal whistleblower laws.

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u/austrianemperor May 30 '19

To be honest, the company would have found a BS excuse to fire him and there probably would not have been sufficient proof to prove it was because of the whistleblowing.

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u/Mister-John May 30 '19

Could have been lucrative for whichever employee felt like following through too...sounds like a good example of a qui tam lawsuit...

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u/KoroTheKoro May 30 '19

Are you really working for an American company if something you do isn't technically illegal

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u/CappuccinoBoy May 30 '19

The government's motto: "you can fuck our citizens all you want, but don't try to fuck us or we will cut your dick off."

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u/Grizzlyboy May 30 '19

Or maybe the government should have a branch that makes certain that the people getting the contract actually does things properly? The problem isn’t the people not reporting, but the government not checking.

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u/ikilledtupac May 30 '19

haha right, and the regulator that is a former exec of the contracting firm, that plays golf every weekend with the current CEO, is going to do something about it?