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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Those "know your rights" videos are exactly what came to mind. Not only is it unnecessarily combative, you're showing your whole hand.

Knowing your rights is important. Telling someone you know your rights when they're not pressing you to abandon them is something else.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Also displaying dominance when you don't have it just shows that you won't be a pleasant person to interact with regularly. And the people trying to argue this point with you are proving the point more than anything else by treating the pushback of "you don't need to state that so defensively" as "forget your worker rights and boundaries, you're going to be a slave!"

    While workers rights can be a trump card, you don't pull them out in an interview as most trump cards aren't in play yet.

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