I'm sorry what ?
You should really be free to speak your mind about your employer (or really anything else) at any time.
It turns out, employers don't like that and add close in contracts to silence their employees.
This happens in every field, even in "tech", even though organised labor could absolutely leverage the insane demand for qualified worker to get a better deal, but I guess that's being a largely depoliticized and generally ignorant workforce for you : you get less.
Anyway you are released from any and all restrictions on your free speech the micro-second your contract doesn't specify it anymore.
If your previous employer sucked, feel free to say it if you want to.
The gag order you sign in your contract regarding bad mouthing your employer has nothing to do with professionalism, and everything to do with a power equilibrium between employers and employees.
This happens in every field, even in "tech", even though organised labor could absolutely leverage the insane demand for qualified worker to get a better deal, but I guess that's being a largely depoliticized and generally ignorant workforce for you : you get less.
Anyway you are released from any and all restrictions on your free speech the micro-second your contract doesn't specify it anymore.
If your previous employer sucked, feel free to say it if you want to. The gag order you sign in your contract regarding bad mouthing your employer has nothing to do with professionalism, and everything to do with a power equilibrium between employers and employees.