A LOT depends on the details of WHEN the employees make the agreement, and the specifics of duration and remedy, and the (much harder to know) the apparent willingness to enforce on edge cases.
“significant financial incentive to promise” is hugely different from “significant financial loss for choosing not to promise”. MANY companies have such things in their contracts, and they’re a condition of employment. And they’re pretty rarely enforced. That’s a pretty significant incentive, but it’s prior to investment, so it’s nowhere near as bad.
A LOT depends on the details of WHEN the employees make the agreement, and the specifics of duration and remedy, and the (much harder to know) the apparent willingness to enforce on edge cases.
“significant financial incentive to promise” is hugely different from “significant financial loss for choosing not to promise”. MANY companies have such things in their contracts, and they’re a condition of employment. And they’re pretty rarely enforced. That’s a pretty significant incentive, but it’s prior to investment, so it’s nowhere near as bad.