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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by sharemywin on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @08:07AM (#12795748)
Sales is tricky because you build up a relationship with said client on the companies dime usually. poaching customers seems wrong to me.
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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @09:23AM (#12796224)
Non-solicitation clauses [1] cover this.

[1] https://www.contractstandards.com/clauses/non-solicitation

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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by amyjess on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:53PM (#12799863)
And unless you're applying for an absolute entry-level position, nobody will hire you for a sales job if you don't have a fat, juicy contact list.

A list of clients that you have an established relationship with is to sales what experience with a set of technologies is to software engineering.

The sales industry relies on account executives being able to take their address books with them. If that stops happening, everybody loses.

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Re:White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many ... by randall on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @08:14AM (#12795782)
This is a valid non compete reason, and also a TV news anchor who a company invests in marketing shouldn't be able to jump to a cross town rival. Out of market sure, but not cross town.
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