Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of The Workaround Collective (the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Service.

1. What the Collective is

The Collective is a community and support platform for job seekers — offering connection, mentorship, community groups, free resources, and (as we grow) grants. It is a non-profit initiative in formation. We are not an employer, a recruiter, or a provider of professional legal, financial, medical, or career advice, and we don’t guarantee any job, outcome, or result. Guidance shared by members, mentors, and creators is their own and is not professional advice.

2. Eligibility & your account

• You must be at least 18 years old and a US resident to use the Service. The Service is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have, we will delete it.
• Provide accurate information, keep your login credentials confidential, and you’re responsible for activity under your account.
• Don’t use bots, scrapers, or other automated means to access the Service.

3. Community conduct

This is a supportive, all-audiences space. You agree to follow our Community Guidelines and to keep the hive kind. We have zero tolerance for harassment, hate, threats, sexually explicit content, or abuse. Anyone can report content that crosses the line; our team and hive admins review reports and may remove content or members.

The Collective is a private community. What members share inside the hive — discussion posts, group conversations, and personal information others share with you — is for members within the Collective. You agree to keep it confidential and not to screenshot, republish, post publicly, or otherwise share other members’ content or personal information outside the Collective without their consent.

4. Your content

You keep ownership of what you post. By posting, you grant the Collective a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and share your content within the Service so we can operate it. You’re responsible for what you post, and you confirm you have the right to share it. When you delete your account, your posts are anonymized to “Deleted user” for community continuity, and your personal data is purged per the Privacy Policy. Our collection and use of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference; by using the Service you consent to those practices.

Content provided by the Collective, its mentors, and its creators — including the Nectar Bar library and other platform materials — is protected by intellectual-property rights and is licensed to you for your own personal, non-commercial use within the Collective only. You may not copy, reproduce, download (except where a resource is expressly offered for download), scrape, redistribute, publish, sell, sublicense, or otherwise repurpose it outside the Collective. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Collective and the respective creators.

Reporting infringement. If you believe content on the Service infringes your intellectual-property rights, please contact us at info@theworkaroundcollective.com with a description of the work, the location of the allegedly infringing content, your contact details, and a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is unauthorized. We may remove content, disable access, and terminate repeat infringers.

Feedback. If you share ideas, suggestions, or feedback about the Service, you grant the Collective a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use them for any purpose without obligation or compensation to you.

5. Booked sessions with mentors & creators (third-party sessions)

Mentors and content creators join by invitation and agree to separate role agreements. Mentors are volunteers; content creators may offer paid 1:1 sessions, which can include wellness or movement sessions. When you book any session, the Collective acts only as a connector that helps you find and schedule it, and may subsidize part of the fee. The session itself is provided by an independent mentor, creator, or member — not by the Collective. We don’t employ, supervise, or vet providers or guarantee their qualifications, safety, or results, and any guidance or content they provide is their own responsibility. Booking and attending a session is at your own risk, and additional Session Booking Terms & Release apply — including an assumption of risk for physical-activity sessions — which you agree to each time you book. Sessions are wellbeing, coaching, educational, or creative in nature — they are not therapy, counseling, or treatment for any medical or mental-health condition, and the Collective is not a crisis or emergency service.

6. Tokens

• Tokens are closed-loop reward points that recognize your participation. For job seekers they are spend-only inside the Collective (for example, booking a creator session) and are not redeemable for cash.
• Tokens have no cash value, are not a payment instrument or stored value, are non-transferable, and may be adjusted or forfeited on account closure, inactivity, or misuse.

7. Booking calls

When you book a call, please attend it or cancel in good faith. Repeatedly missing calls or misusing scheduling may lead to limits on your access. Each time you book, you agree to the Session Booking Terms & Release, which also govern cancellations and refunds.

7.1 Payments, fees & refunds

Paid sessions and any other fees are shown before you book. You authorize us or our payment processor, Stripe, to charge your selected payment method for the amounts due, including applicable taxes. Where the Collective subsidizes part of a fee, the subsidized amount is applied at booking and is not paid to you. Except as required by law or expressly stated in the Session Booking Terms & Release, payments are non-refundable. Cancellations, rescheduling, and any refunds are governed by the Session Booking Terms & Release.

8. Grants

Any grants or financial support are discretionary, subject to eligibility and available funding, and depend on the non-profit being formally established. Nothing here is a promise of a grant, and the Collective is not yet a recognized 501(c)(3) — contributions are not tax-deductible at this time.

9. Acceptable use, suspension & termination

Don’t misuse the Service — including by providing false information, impersonating someone, harassing others, infringing rights, attempting to breach security, or using the Service for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose. We may investigate suspected violations and may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, for conduct we reasonably believe breaches these Terms. We may remove content and report unlawful activity to the authorities. In practice we generally apply a graduated approach — a warning for a first upheld violation, a temporary suspension for a repeat, and removal for continued or serious violations — but we may act immediately where the conduct is serious or unlawful.

10. Disclaimers & limitation of liability

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Collective is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, data, goodwill, or opportunity, or for the conduct of any member, mentor, creator, or employer, or for any job or grant outcome. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Collective’s total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amounts you paid to the Collective in the twelve (12) months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) US$100. Some jurisdictions don’t allow certain limitations or exclusions, so some of these may not apply to you.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Collective and its people from claims arising out of content you submit or your misuse of the Service. This section survives termination of your account.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, except where mandatory local law applies to you.

12.1 Dispute resolution

Before filing any claim, you agree to first contact us here and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days. Except for claims for injunctive relief or intellectual-property infringement, any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service that is not resolved informally will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by a recognized arbitration provider under its consumer rules, on an individual basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you and the Collective waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class, collective, or representative action. If arbitration is unavailable or unenforceable, the exclusive venue for any dispute will be the state and federal courts located in Texas, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

13. Changes & contact

We may update these Terms; material changes will be posted here with a new “last updated” date. Questions? Signed-in members can open a tracked ticket in Help & Support; otherwise contact us here.

14. General

• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Community Guidelines, Privacy Policy, and any Session Booking Terms & Release, are the entire agreement between you and the Collective regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions will stay in full effect.
• No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
• Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms, including to a successor or to the non-profit entity once formally established.
• Force majeure. The Collective is not liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control.
• Third-party links and services. The Service may link to or integrate third-party sites and tools that we do not control; we are not responsible for their content, practices, or availability, and your use of them is at your own risk.
• Electronic communications. You consent to receive communications and notices from us electronically, and agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
• No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.
• Notices. We may provide notices to you by email, by posting within the Service, or by updating these Terms; you may send notices to us at info@theworkaroundcollective.com.
• Survival. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including Sections 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 12.1 — will survive.