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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by vinceguidry on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @11:15AM (#16638723)
The problem with noncompetes isn't that you'll get dragged into court over them, it's that old employer makes a call to new employer and you get shown the door.

Now you have to sue somebody to get your rights upheld.

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Re:Why I Don't Sign Non-Competes by Bartweiss on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @12:37PM (#16639766)
The upside is that in at least some cases, you can warn the new company and they'll agree to fight the thing - or even preemptively tell the previous company off.

Obviously that's mostly going to work for people with major leverage in the job market, but there have been some notable success stories lately of people not getting sacked.

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