Job hopping helped Silicon Valley thrive. Why do other states restrict it?

Re:Job hopping helped Silicon Valley thrive. Why do other st... by eru on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @04:49AM (#11486699)

That might not hold up in court. By showing up to work (and getting paid in return), there's an implicit contract.

I don't know enough about law (and neither do I know your jurisdiction), to say whether that implicit contract would include the non-compete they obviously wanted you to sign.

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Re:Job hopping helped Silicon Valley thrive. Why do other st... by grahamburger on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:42PM (#11491007)

I'm sure you're right, but I think it would also be difficult for them to enforce if they couldn't produce a signed contract. If I were planning on, say, using trade secrets from my current employer to start a direct competitor stealing their biggest customers, then yeah I'm sure it wouldn't hold up in court - but I'm not going to do that. It's more a way for me to be able to honestly tell my next employer - who might be in the same ballpark industry, but probably not a direct competitor of my current employer - 'no, I did not sign a non-compete contract with them.'

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