Lets say you were to sign something like this, but then 10 years later the company completely changed direction and their new business plan was stealing candy from babies. Then you wrote something about how horrible the company is now. What kind of recourse would this contract let them take on you? Would you just have to pay the 2 weeks salary back to them?
I wondered about this after I signed a severance contract that required me not to "disclose, defame, compete, or recruit" for a set period of time. Don't judge me, it was an emotional time and the severance was non-trivial.
I'm happy to say that time is over and I've gone on a disclosure, defamation, competition, and recruiting spree.