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Last week, Amazon sued Zoltan Szabadi, who worked for Amazon Web Services until May, when he moved to a job working at Google Cloud Platform. The lawsuit, first reported by Geekwire, was filed on June 27 in King County Superior Court in Seattle. Amazon contends that Szabadi is violating the agreement, which calls him to avoid working for any competitors in the "target market" for 18 months after he leaves Amazon. It also bars him from working to hire any Amazon employees for 12 months after leaving.
Szabadi's lawyer told Amazon that his employment with Google does come with restrictions. His contract with Google states that for a period of six months, Szabadi won't be allowed to participate "directly or indirectly" in "sales, marketing, or business development... with or to any customers or strategic partners of your former employer." For the same six-month period, he's barred from assisting with the hiring of any other Amazon employees.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Adamsjas on Friday July 04 2014, @09:42PM
which calls him to avoid working for any competitors in the "target market" for 18 months after he leaves Amazon
I've seen terms like this in employee hiring, but most of the time these things are not enforceable when written that broadly.
You can't take things with you, like code, or customer lists, but blanket provisions usually are not enforceable.
There is a good write up on this here: http://pandhlaw.com/2011/05/is-your-non-competition-restriction-enforceable/ [pandhlaw.com]