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Fortune
Megan Leonhardt

Don't worry: Non-disparagement agreements aren’t gag orders

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News of the massive tech layoffs have been dominating headlines for weeks. About 18,000 people at Amazon and 12,000 at Google's parent company Alphabet. Roughly 10,000 at Microsoft. An estimated half of the 7,5000 workers at Twitter. And social media feeds have been filled with juicy details about the severance packages, including information on the legal documents employees have to sign before they get their payout. 

It’s left some questioning the fairness of such documents. But experts say these non-disparagement agreements are pretty standard.

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