Idaho has made it easier for companies to enforce noncompete agreements

Re:Idaho has made it easier for companies to enforce noncomp... by connorl33t on Saturday July 15, 2017 @01:47PM (#14777897)

I live in Boise, and work at a software startup.

I personally do not think this will have much of an effect on the "startup scene" because the vast majority of the people working at companies that would possibly enforce non-competes such as Micron or HP do not come to work at "startups", because of performance on skills-tests or cultural fit.

I've met a lot of the leadership for various startups in the Treasure Valley, and suing someone over changing employers would be the antithesis of the values they hold, there is one exception I could think of - BlackBox VR (very early stage) somebody leaving them for a competitor could be pretty bad!

I have met startups brag about losing employees to Amazon and Google though.

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Re:Idaho has made it easier for companies to enforce noncomp... by CydeWeys on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:50PM (#14778252)

I don't think that the startup tech companies and non-startup tech companies are that different of a world. Something that negatively influences one in a given area will negatively influence the other. And people do move between them quite frequently (this has been my experience in DC and NYC at least, I can't speak to Boise).

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