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Draft an employment contract — or know exactly what your offer commits you to.
Hiring? Describe the role in plain English and Initialed drafts the offer. Got an offer letter or employment agreement? Upload it and Initialed flags what you’re actually signing up for — the non-compete, the IP assignment, the bonus you might have to pay back — in plain English, in about two minutes. Ask it anything along the way.
Explain the agreement you need in plain English.
Don't worry — you'll get a chance to add more details, or even edit the document afterward.
Review a contract
Drag a PDF or Word file here, or browse. See your top risks free.
Illustrative results with suggested redlines — your review reflects your actual contract.
where offers quietly work against the employee
to see what you’d actually be signing
understand your offer without the legalese
Draft, review, or ask questions — on any contract
Initialed is one place for the whole contract: write a new one from a plain-English description, pressure-test one you’ve been sent, and ask it anything in between.
Draft it
Describe what you need in plain English and Initialed writes a first draft — with placeholders where your details go, and the clauses your jurisdiction expects.
Review it
Upload one you’ve been sent and get risk-scored findings with suggested redlines you can accept in a click — in about two minutes.
Ask about it
Chat with the contract in plain English — “what am I agreeing to?”, “what’s missing?”, “is this clause normal?” — and get grounded answers.
What Initialed checks in your offer
These are the five clauses that catch employees out most often — in plain English, with what to look for and what to ask for instead.
Compensation & bonus clawback
We flag offers where a signing or relocation bonus must be repaid if you leave early, and comp that’s discretionary rather than guaranteed.
We flag: “repay the full signing bonus if employment ends within 12 months” · “bonus is discretionary”
Equity, vesting & repurchase
We flag long cliffs, slow vesting, and company rights to buy back your vested shares — so “equity” doesn’t turn out to be worth far less than it sounds.
We flag: one-year cliff · company repurchase right on termination · no acceleration
IP assignment & moonlighting
We flag assignment language broad enough to sweep in side projects and prior work, plus outright bans on any outside work.
We flag: “all inventions, whether or not on company time” · no carve-out for prior or personal projects
Non-compete & non-solicit
We flag restrictive covenants that limit where you can work next and who you can talk to — sometimes wider than your jurisdiction will enforce.
We flag: non-compete ___ months · “anywhere the company operates” · non-solicit of clients and coworkers
Termination, severance & arbitration
We flag at-will terms with no severance, plus mandatory arbitration and class-action waivers that decide how any dispute gets resolved.
We flag: “at-will” with no severance · “binding arbitration” · “waives any class or collective action”
Walk into any negotiation — or lawyer call — prepared.
Every flag comes with what to ask for instead — so you can counter with specifics, not a hunch.
Review your offer freeYou accepted the offer. Now there’s a problem.
You’re being held to a non-compete, told a side project belongs to the company, or asked to repay a bonus on the way out. Upload the signed agreement and Initialed explains — in plain English — exactly what you agreed to, which clauses can still bite, and whether this is worth taking to a lawyer.
We’re not a law firm and we don’t give legal advice. We’re the fast first step that tells you where you stand — so if you do call an employment attorney, you arrive knowing what to ask.
See what you agreed toWhen it’s worth calling a lawyer
- A broad non-compete could block you from taking your next job
- Your equity or offer is worth six figures over time
- You’re being asked to repay a signing or relocation bonus
- You’re negotiating an executive or leadership package
Initialed helps you recognize these fast and organize the facts — then you decide whether to bring in counsel.
How it works
Upload your contract
Drop in the PDF or Word file — one you’re about to sign, or one you already did. Tell us which side you’re on.
We review it, side-aware
Initialed reads the whole document and checks it against a protection checklist — the same rigorous pass every time.
Get ranked red flags
See the clauses working against you, ranked by impact — with what to ask for, or what to raise with a lawyer.
Frequently asked
I already accepted my offer — can this still help?
Yes. Upload the signed agreement and Initialed explains, in plain English, exactly what you agreed to and which clauses can still affect you — the non-compete, the IP assignment, the clawback — so you know where you stand and whether it’s worth taking to a lawyer.
Is a non-compete in my contract actually enforceable?
It depends on where you are. Some states limit or ban non-competes, and courts often narrow ones that are broader than needed. Reviewing the exact language against your local law is the first step — and for a covenant that could block your next role, a qualified employment attorney.
Do I need a lawyer to review a job offer?
For a six-figure equity package, an executive contract, or a broad non-compete, qualified counsel is worth it. Initialed is the fast first pass: it flags the clauses working against you in a couple of minutes so you walk into any lawyer conversation — or salary negotiation — prepared.
Before you accept — or after you already did.
Upload your offer and see what it really commits you to — non-compete, IP assignment, bonus clawback, equity terms — in about two minutes. Your first credit is free.
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