Re:Send Noncompete Agreements Back to the Middle Ages
by tathougies on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:05PM
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I don't see how it's good for society that smart people are being paid to do nothing. The article pointed out that the danger of NCAs is a lack of innovation and thus economic growth. It made no point about the individual incomes of the workers.
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Re:Send Noncompete Agreements Back to the Middle Ages
by teraflop on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @07:33PM
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But that's the great thing about economic incentives. By requiring a minimum compensation for employees who sign an NCA, you're incentivizing the company to only push for NCAs in situations where the benefit to the company outweighs the cost to society.
(And I think it's unlikely that most people would choose to sit on their butts and collect their 60% salary, as opposed to taking that compensation and also finding a new job that doesn't directly compete with their old one. So the overall harm to society doesn't seem that severe.)