Tell HN: Are you sure you understand ‘indemnity’
by Guid_NewGuid on Hacker News.
Just wanted to give the kind souls of HN a heads-up since remote work is becoming more popular. It’s worth checking your contract for clauses about “hold liable” and “indemnify”. I had foolishly assumed I understood “indemnify” to mean “you can’t seek money from us if we damage you” whereas it actually means “we will sue you into the ground if we feel like it”. Since international remote work often involves operating as a contractor for the company in question they might give you a generic contractor contract where you are assumed to have Liability/Errors & Omissions insurance but if you’re working for a single company you may not.