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Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by HarryHirsch on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @07:07PM (#11998303)
Sounds nice in theory, but in practice the greater part of offers at the high-end employers, like Amazon, Google, Facebook, is made through referrals or internships. Everyone who signs up has the full picture already. I just can't see this work.
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by pm24601 on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @07:48PM (#11998485)
A lot of times employers say "This is industry standard." or "Everyone else has the same sort of agreement."

If such a website listed companies that good/no non-compete clauses, it gives ammunition for prospective employees. Esp people with multiple offers, during the negotiation, the candidate can point to a competing offer from a company with no non-compete clause.

Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by brandonbloom on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @09:25PM (#11998893)
I absolutely love the idea. Kinda like a https://tldrlegal.com/ for employment agreements. Somebody should build that.
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by crdoconnor on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @08:36AM (#12001227)
...and also cross reference it against companies that have at any point complained of a lack of affordable talent.
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by imglorp on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @11:14AM (#12002117)
Are employment agreements secret sometimes? Can anybody get in trouble for disclosing the agreement they signed? Can a third party like we're proposing get in trouble for publishing such agreements?
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by HarryHirsch on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:18PM (#11998627)
The common piece of advice that you get is to run your employment contract past a lawyer. That's good advice. If the landshark is any good they'll tell you what is industry standard and what is overreach. You don't need no website, you need a professional network and some sense.
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by Bartweiss on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @10:38AM (#12001888)
This is good advice for many people, sure, but not a replacement for transparency. Several companies I talked to for my first internship came with NDAs and noncompetes, and there's no way in hell I was scraping together lawyer money to address each one. Googling and asking friends was the only thing going.

Remember that freaking Jimmy John's sticks their sandwich makers with noncompete clauses. These are not people who have the freedom to reject a job offer, the pull to renegotiate a contract, or the money to hire an attorney. But they might well have the option of checking out a website and deciding which fast food places to apply to based on how abusive the contracts are.

More broadly, I'm skeptical of any argument which starts from "this doesn't need to be publicly available knowledge, just pay a lawyer to tell you how things are done". Personal legal advice is a good hedge, but it often highlights points where transparency is lacking and people without savings are getting screwed.

Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by dredmorbius on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:56PM (#11999223)
Porque no los dos?

Having and hiring your own expert to negotiate helps.

But shining some very bright sunlight on practices and abuses helps as well. The more Amazon (and its recruiters) hear "I don't work for assholes", the better.

Markets rely on well-informed participants.

Also Microsoft. And, on different grounds, Oracle. And Google, Intel, Cisco, and Apple ("anti-poaching" market collusion -- the case is still ongoing AFAIK, though I've not been following closely).

I've many reasons for avoiding the industry, but these are among them.

Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by WildUtah on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:52AM (#11999941)
"Porque no los dos?"

¿Por qué no los dos?

Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by notlefthanded on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @02:06PM (#12003414)
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @05:07AM (#12000363)
Translation for the rest of us: "why not both?".
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by dredmorbius on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @04:45AM (#12000301)
Por que no los dos?
Re:To Compete Better, States Are Trying to Curb Noncompete P... by throwaway987611 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @05:42AM (#12000494)
Please don't bring that garbage here.

It's not a funny meme.

It wasn't funny when it first aired and it's not funny now.