Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job

Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by etjossem on Saturday May 13, 2017 @04:53PM (#14332950)

This advice is not meant for people who are being paid millions of dollars to respect a non-compete they fully understand and consent to.

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Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by esoterica on Saturday May 13, 2017 @05:06PM (#14333022)

Change the numbers by a factor of 10 and the point still applies.

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Re:Noncompete Clauses: Signing Away the Right to Get a New Job by etjossem on Saturday May 13, 2017 @05:10PM (#14333047)

I agree. This is aimed at people who:

- Are fairly new to the industry or are otherwise trying to act in a buyer's market for labor,

- Are being offered market-rate or lower with no extra incentives, and

- Have a potential employer trying to foist a noncompete on them for no particular business reason.

Understand the employer's business model and whether noncompete will be a sticking point for them. If it is, then the situation is very different, and you should be asking for lots of money rather than the clause's removal.

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