I think this is a good thing to eliminate non-competes. When I was in highschool, I worked at Laser Quest and they made me sign a non-compete so I couldn't work at any other laser tag/arcade place for 3 years after leaving LQ. I signed it but considered it a joke because I knew I was under 18 and they couldn't enforce it on me anyway. But even back in the 90's they were doing these to that stupid of an extent.
So incredible... how was this oppressive evil sht allowed to begin with.
@Kurtroedeger I don't sign them.
@Kurtroedeger Yep. I don't know how many companies tried to pull that shit on me when I worked in IT, especially.
They'd try to get people to sign agreements that they would not work as _computer programmers_ for any other company for years.
I'm like "You're not going to employ me until I retire, but you want me to not be able to work at all if you fire me? Go fuck yourselves."
And yes, I have been hired after telling them to fuck themselves over a noncompete. They knew it was BS, too.
Imagine being legally enjoined from making sandwiches.
I currently have a non-compete in my position as branch manager for the engineering firm I work for. I think the rule makes mine unenforcable now, but I wasn't worried. I was allowed to modify the wording on it when given it and it was narrowed down to specifically, I can't bring over or work with the same clients I currently do work with if I were to go to another firm. I also got 2 week bonus pay for signing.
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