13 People No Longer Bound By NDAs Tell All

It’s truly wild what some companies can end up getting away with from behind the veil of a tightly packaged NDA. If you’ve ever signed an NDA yourself, you’ve likely had your own moments of completely reasonable doubt, concern, overall questions about what you could be getting yourself into. With that being said, this recent Reddit thread has people coming out of the woodwork to share their own secrets after having been freed from NDAs.

1. On where donations sometimes go.

“I worked at a cancer charity and half the people would order things for themselves and charge it to the charity. An eye-opening job for a 16 year old.” – u/redpaloverde

2. On the Pillsbury cake mix.

“The cake/cupcake shop I used to work for claimed everything was homemade, but used Pillsbury cake mix as a base.” – u/inspectiondiscreet547

3. On certain black mold problems.

“Fortune 500, Real Estate, long time ago. We know about the black mold problem. We always knew. We do not disclose it. We intentionally do not look into. We don’t want to know exactly what kind it is, because if it’s dangerous then we legally have to spend money to fix it. The only department that is allowed to talk about the black mold problem is Press and PR because only they know how to bury it correctly.” – u/deleted

4. On certain US plane manufacturers.

“I don’t know if I was ever bound by an NDA for this, but I used to work for a contractor for a major US plane manufacturer. They will literally hire anyone. I’m an ancient historian. I do Roman stuff. My experience in flight is limited to sims and being a passenger. They have no standard for aeronautics for their teachers. Their techs, I don’t know.” – u/legallega

5. On stadium drinks.

“Helped a buddy who owned a restaurant do a street fair beer cart one time. We had Coors for $5 and a specialty brew for $6. They were both Coors.” – u/tank5or

6. On employee happiness.

“I worked at a startup that tracked employee happiness, supposedly so they can make employees happier, but in practice it seemed they were preemptively getting rid of unhappy employees. No need to wait for them to quit.” – u/mjjunior

7. On reality shows’ dramatic fights.

“A friend who worked on a reality show once told me that many of the dramatic fights are staged, and producers would actually encourage the cast to create drama to keep viewers hooked, it really changed how I watched the show.” – u/loradhc43

8. On certain financial institutions.

“Financial Institutions push their own Portfolio Solutions knowing they are inferior investment vehicles to other investments they offer bc they make more money off them.” – u/notmoffat

9. On prominent sports broadcasts.

“I worked for a very prominent sports broadcast. Hardcore fans would always get so angry when the broadcast was narrative focused but the reality is that majority of viewership metrics aren’t that hardcore minority that are so extremely vocal on things like social media and reddit that would complain about narratives, etc.” – u/mario939a

10. On the office water cooler scene.

“I organized the canteen at my office and was told to push a certain chocolate bar over others as it had a higher mark up.” – u/discostud1515

11. On certain healthcare facilities.

“I worked for a healthcare facility that started collecting private patient information to share with insurance companies in order to secure better contracts. This wasn’t diagnosis data; it was lifestyle data, including spending transactions (they were trying to find ways to obtain that information when I was leaving). When I asked if patients were aware, they always gave a vague answer, which essentially meant no.” – u/objective_regret1992

12. On certain DJ equipment.

“I worked for a company that made DJ equipment, turntables etc. They put a metal plate in their cheaply made turntables so they were the same weight as Technics when in reality they were plastic garbage.” – u/delted0102

13. On Taco Bell’s cinnamon twists.

“Taco Bell’s cinnamon twists are made with rice pasta, the moisture content is so high, the water in the pasta boils in the fryer puffing them up, then just sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.” – u/sirmild1002