* * * * * “If I tell you what I do, I have to kill you … ” > Employers are taking a harder line. They're making anyone they do business > with sign contracts promising not to share company secrets. They're meeting > with employees to explain exactly what should remain confidential. Some, > like Starbucks, are telling even entry-level hires that they may have to > abide by agreements barring them from joining competitors if they quit. > “USA Today article on corporate secrets [1]” Just a part of the plan to corporate serfdom. Not that I'm paranoid (then again, I don't work at Starbucks either). [1] http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20000119/1856465s.htm Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .