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Sumit Khanna has a blog post with the title, Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes:
[...] Over the course of the next fifteen years, I would be asked to sign non-competes several more times, always prior to employment. I've always refused, and until recently, I've never been denied a position because of that refusal.
A non-compete is a type of contract issued by an employer, typically part of the standard work agreement, job offer or non-disclosure agreement, which states that the employee agrees not to start a business that competes with their current company or to work for their company's competitors, for a set length of time (typically one year) after leaving or being terminated. If that sounds like an illegal contract, in the state of California, it is.
What are soylentils' experience with non-compete clauses?
(Score: 2) by looorg on Saturday March 24 2018, @01:07PM
I don't think I have even seen one since the late 90's. I thought they went out of style, not to mention how horribly illegal and unenforceable they would most likely have been. I didn't sign it then and I wouldn't sign one now (unless they compensate me for the time I am unemployable) . If I can't work for your competition who am I going to work for? Considering they can claim almost anyone to be their competition if the companies are just large enough. They tend not to come with those golden parachute deals either where they pay you to sit around and do nothing for a couple of years. So why on earth would one sign those? I guess it might flatter some people believing themselves to be special if they sign it, beyond that I just don't really see it working.