How a Legal Journalist Got Fired for a Non-Compete

Re:How a Legal Journalist Got Fired for a Non-Compete by golergka on Monday February 08, 2016 @11:38AM (#11059084)

In a lot of professions, you can relatively easy move to another industry. Software engineer who had developed very valuable medical algorithms may sign a non-compete and then get a next job in game development, for example.

Also, a lot of non-compete agreements are more specific than an "industry" as a whole and target specific product type, niche or something like that.

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Re:How a Legal Journalist Got Fired for a Non-Compete by twohlix_ on Monday February 08, 2016 @02:27PM (#11060308)

I've had to negotiate scope of NCs at all but one job. I've had to change enforcement period length and industry scopes. So many times the scope has been interpretable as all software ever, and I've seen terms of 2 years. Generally I'll accept NCs for the same industry and for up to 6 months after termination.

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