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Re:Massachusetts gives workers new protections against nonco... by ghaff on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:58PM (#17812076)
>most people will happily accept significant salary for doing nothing.

Nonsense. Most people are not in a position to just take a 50% pay cut. Furthermore, taking a year or two off from a career can be very damaging when you look for a new job after the non-compete expires.

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Re:Massachusetts gives workers new protections against nonco... by bluecalm on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:41PM (#17814504)
You can do something else. Usually non-competes are very specific. I don't know anyone who wouldn't take 50% of salary for day 2 years in exchange to have all this free time to do other things. It's not like you can't get another job.
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