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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by willcipriano on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:26AM (#23518352)
I got the impression from friends that it was a worse situation in India with relieving letters[0], the way it was explained to me you needed your current companies written permission to start a new job and that is frequently abused.

[0]https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/20945/what-is-...

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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by ramraj07 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:41AM (#23518483)
Not sure if it applies for a high-level software position as much as it would for a regular "consulting" engineer schmuck hire though.
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