If you don’t hear what they want to say, then you find out what they’re planning when they start doing it to you. Signing the NDA imposes no obligation to agree or cooperate. There’s nothing to stop you from signing, listening, saying no, and walking away. I don’t know for sure that’s what’s happening, but we also don’t know that it’s not what’s happening.
Refusing to even talk to them does send a message, I agree, and listening gives them a chance to convince you. Still, I can understand that some would rather take the risk in exchange for a little advance warning of whatever it is.
If you don’t hear what they want to say, then you find out what they’re planning when they start doing it to you. Signing the NDA imposes no obligation to agree or cooperate. There’s nothing to stop you from signing, listening, saying no, and walking away. I don’t know for sure that’s what’s happening, but we also don’t know that it’s not what’s happening.
Refusing to even talk to them does send a message, I agree, and listening gives them a chance to convince you. Still, I can understand that some would rather take the risk in exchange for a little advance warning of whatever it is.
Listening also gives them a chance to lie, which he then can’t call them out on because the lie happened during an NDA’d meeting